Season 16

Families Come in Different Shapes and Sizes While planting a seed, Mister Rogers talks about how long it takes for plants to grow and that learning to wait is important.

Before Cousin Mary arrives, X and Lady Aberlin go to Southwood to discover that Betty and James Michael Jones have adopted a daughter.

Being Creating Is Part of Being Human Mister Rogers shows how people make wooden rocking horses.

Celebrating Big and Little Things In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, there's a visiting trumpeter! King Friday declares that an approaching comet belongs to him and declares a week of celebrating.

Friday's Comet arrives in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, bearing a note that neither King Friday nor anyone else will forget. They all go to the Museum-Go-Round for Henrietta's surprise birthday party. After the party, Henrietta is surprised to hear that Reardon is making a new opera that will air the next day.