All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten: Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things

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Robert Fulghum

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things

Robert Fulghum

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Random House Inc
04 May 2004

Self-help & personal development; Assertiveness, motivation & self-esteem

For anyone who loved the original edition of this perennial bestseller, and a wonderful gift for a whole new generation of readers.

Essays on life that will resonate deeply as readers discover how universal insights can be found in ordinary events.

More than thirty years ago, Robert Fulghum published a simple credo-a credo that became the phenomenal #1 New York Times bestseller All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. Today, after being embraced around the world and selling more than seven million copies, Fulghum's book retains the potency of a common though no less relevant piece of wisdom- that the most basic aspects of life bear its most important opportunities.

Here Fulghum engages us with musings on life, death, love, pain, joy, sorrow, and the best chicken-fried steak in the continental United States. The little seed in the Styrofoam cup offers a reminder about our own mortality and the delicate nature of life . . . a spider who catches (and loses) a full-grown woman in its web one fine morning teaches us about surviving catastrophe . . . the love story of Jean-Francois Pilatre and his hot-air balloon reminds us to be brave and unafraid to ""fly"" . . . life lessons hidden in the laundry pile . . . magical qualities found in a box of crayons . . . hide-and-seek vs. sardines-and how these games relate to the nature of God. All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten is brimming with the very stuff of life and the significance found in the smallest details.

In the editions since the first publication of this book, Robert Fulghum has had some time to ponder, to reevaluate, and to reconsider, adding fresh thoughts on classic topics including a short new introduction.

Praise for All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

""A healthy antidote to the horrors that pummel us in this dicey age.""-Baltimore Sun

""Within simplicity lies the sublime.""-San Francisco Chronicle

""It is interesting how much of it applies not only to individuals, grown or small, but even to nations.""-New York Daily News

""As universal as fresh air and invigorating as the fragrance of a Douglas fir.""-Los Angeles Times

By: Robert Fulghum
Imprint: Random House Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 15th ed.
Dimensions: Height: 208mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 193g
ISBN: 9780345466396
ISBN 10: 034546639X
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 04 May 2004
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Robert Fulghum is a writer, philosopher, and public speaker, but he has also worked as a cowboy, a folksinger, an IBM salesman, a professional artist, a parish minister, a bartender, a teacher of drawing and painting, and a father. All I Really Need To Know I Learned in Kindergarten has inspired numerous theater pieces that have captivated audiences across the country. Fulghum is also the author of many New York Times bestsellers, including It Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It, Uh-Oh, and Maybe (Maybe Not), as well as two plays- All I Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten and Uh-Oh, Here Comes Christmas. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

Reviews for All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten: Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things

A HEALTHY ANTIDOTE TO THE HORRORS THAT PUMMEL US IN THIS DICEY AGE. --Baltimore Sun <p/> It is interesting how much of it applies not only to individuals, grown or small, but even to nations. --New York Daily News <p/> Within simplicity lies the sublime. --San Francisco Chronicle <p/> As universal as fresh air and invigorating as the fragrance of a Douglas fir. --Los Angeles Times