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All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

By Robert Fulghum

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| Hardcover | 9780345466174

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Fifteen 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. Now, seven million copies later, Fulghum returns to the book that was embraced around the world. He has Continue

Fifteen 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. Now, seven million copies later, Fulghum returns to the book that was embraced around the world. He has written a new preface and twenty-five essays, which add even more potency to 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 U.S.A. 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 years that have passed since the first publication of this book that touched so many with its simple, profound wisdom, Robert Fulghum has had some time to ponder, to reevaluate, and to reconsider. And here are those fresh thoughts on classic topics, right alongside the wonderful new essays.

Perhaps in today’s chaotic, more challenging world, these essays on life will resonate even deeper–as readers discover how universal insights can be found in ordinary events.

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    It's hard to see this book around bookstore shelves anymore. It's a pity because it's really worth a read. Grab it from library or a friend, and enjoy the fun while finding out what you have really learned in kindergarten!

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    Prof Nemo said on Jun 13, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • A series of short stories/essays. Some of them make me think. Examples include
    1) itsy-bitsy spider: have you thought of it as an adventure, followed by disaster, then never give up and resume the adventure again?
    2) hide and seek: well .... Is it a game of hide and give-up when yo hide so well?

    La ... (continue)

    A series of short stories/essays. Some of them make me think. Examples include
    1) itsy-bitsy spider: have you thought of it as an adventure, followed by disaster, then never give up and resume the adventure again?
    2) hide and seek: well .... Is it a game of hide and give-up when yo hide so well?

    Last but not least, don't be deceived by the title of the book. It is only the title of the first essay and nothing to do with the rest of the book.

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    Waleswong said on Feb 12, 2012 | Add your feedback

  • I finished the book around 2 years ago and nothing much leave in my mind. I guess I need to read it again soon.

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    vis said on Dec 18, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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