
Here are those fresh thoughts on classic topics, right alongside the wonderful new essays. In the years that have passed since the first publication of this book, Robert Fulghum has had some time to ponder, to reevaluate and to reconsider.

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. The love story of Jean-Francois Pilatre and his hot air balloon reminds us to be unafraid to "fly".life lessons hidden in the laundry pile.magical qualities found in a box of crayons. Here Fulghum engages us with musings on life, death, love, pain, joy, sorrow and the best chicken-fried steak in the continental USA. He has written a new preface and twenty-five essays, which add even more potency to a common piece of wisdom: the most basic concepts of life bear its most important opportunities. Now, seven million copies later, Fulghum returns to the book that was embraced around the world.

And then remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you learned - the biggest word of all - LOOK.Fifteen years ago, Robert Fulghum published a simple credo that became the phenomenal #1 New York Times best seller All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. Goldfish and hamster and white mice and even the little seed in the Styrofoam cup - they all die. Remember the little seed in the Styrofoam cup: The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that.ġ5. When you go out into the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands, and stick together.ġ4. Live a balanced life - learn some and drink some and draw some and paint some and sing and dance and play and work everyday some.ġ3. Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you.ġ1. Say you're SORRY when you HURT somebody.ġ0. “These are the things I learned (in Kindergarten):ħ.
