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Topic: Children’s television

Kindness and Wonder by Gavin Edwards (Harper Collins)

The enduring guidance of "Mister Rogers"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
(Courtesy of © 2019 WGBH & PBS KIDS)

"Arthur" banned in Alabama

Igor Derysh
Fred Rogers with Francois Scarborough Clemmons from his show Mr. Rogers Neighborhood in the film, "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" (John Beale)

Why Mister Rogers was actually a badass

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Fred Rogers (Getty Images/Westminster John Knox Press)

Mister Rogers and Mr. Trump

Chauncey DeVega
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LeVar Burton (Getty/Jason Kempin)

Why Trumpsters attacked LeVar Burton

Gabriel Bell
Brian Henson (Getty/Astrid Stawiarz)

Henson slams kermit actor

Gabriel Bell
Muppet Kermit the Frog and his operator Steve Whitmire (Getty/Lawrence Lucier)

Kermit's capitalist soap opera

Gabriel Bell
Kermit the Frog; Steve Whitmire (AP/Tonya Wise)

Kermit actor "devastated"

Taylor Link
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Muppet Kermit the Frog and his operator Steve Whitmire (Getty/Lawrence Lucier)

Muppet Court Intrigue

Matthew Rozsa
(Courtesy of HBO)

Kids take on climate change

Lindsay Abrams
LeVar Burton (Reuters/Keith Bedford)

Reading Rainbow on Kickstarter

Neil Drumming
(Octonauts)

Lindsay Abrams
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Mary Elizabeth Williams
(<a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-79405p1.html?cr=00&pl=edit-00">Annette Shaff</a> / <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/?cr=00&pl=edit-00">Shutterstock.com</a>)

Prachi Gupta
Greg Page (AP/Christopher Pledger)

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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