Customer Reviews

Mister Rogers' Songbook (Songs for Kids)

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I was very pleased with this songbook. My family enjoys Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, and I was happy to find this book so I could play the songs at home. The arrangements are easy enough for a very beginning pianist to play and still sound good; yet a more accomplished improviser could easily embellish on the notes provided. The book contains quite a number of songs, so the musician and fan alike can find plenty of his or her favorites. We recommend the book!

Fred Rogers' songs rang in my head while I was raising my children, and I knew they provided excellent parenting advice: "I like to be told when you're going away" "Sometimes people are good ... but the very same people who are good sometimes are the very same people who are bad sometimes," and "When the baby comes to your house . . . you'll always be the oldest one." What surprised me was the musical fabulousness of his arrangements -- not humdrum, but intriguing harmonies, sparely scored, with just enough notes. As a former piano teacher, I can say that these arrangements are suitable for those with one year of piano and more fun to play than most beginner piano scores. Get them for the words, get them for the music -- you'll be glad.

I have been a fan of Mr Rogers' neighbourhood ever since I can remember and now my daughter is too, we both love the songs and we sang them with every show.. it was great when she started learning the piano to find a piano book that has all the songs that we both love so much.. she's 7 and has been learning for around a year and she can play some of them and is working on the rest.. we both love this book!

The absence of many of the songs I think of as MisteRogers standards disappoints me. Give me the like of "Everybody's fancy," please.