All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten: The Essay That Became a Classic With Special Commentary by Robert Fulghum - Hardcover

Fulghum, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0394588940 ISBN 13: 9780394588940

Publisher: Villard Books, 1990

Synopsis

An essay on the lasting usefulness of childhood truths is accompanied by new commentary by the author on the phenomenal success of his book

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About the Author

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.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

From the Inside Flap

I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sandpile at Sunday School. These are the things I learned:
Share everything.
Play fair.
Don't hit people.
Put things back where you found them.
Clean up your own mess.
Don't take things that aren't yours.
Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.
Wash your hands before you eat.
Flush.
Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you.
Live a balanced life.
Take a nap every afternoon.
When you go out into the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands, and stick together.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

Edition details

• Publisher: Villard Books
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394588940
• ISBN 13: 9780394588940
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 40