‘Mister Rogers’ compilations due

With “The World According to Mister Rogers” already a big bestseller, two more compilations of writings by the late children’s television host are being planned. In 2005, Hyperion will publish a collection of commencement addresses, followed a year later by inspirational essays. Neither book is yet titled.

Rogers, who gently invited millions of children to be his neighbor as host of the public television show “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” died of cancer early last year at 74.