All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum

“A healthy antidote to the horrors that pummel us in this dicey age.” -Baltimore Sun Praise for All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten 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. 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. sardines-and how these games relate to the nature of God. magical qualities found in a box of crayons.

the love story of Jean-Francois Pilatre and his hot-air balloon reminds us to be brave and unafraid to “fly”. a spider who catches (and loses) a full-grown woman in its web one fine morning teaches us about surviving catastrophe. The little seed in the Styrofoam cup offers a reminder about our own mortality and the delicate nature of life. Here Fulghum engages us with musings on life, death, love, pain, joy, sorrow, and the best chicken-fried steak in the continental United States. 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.

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

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum