All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

By Robert Fulghum,

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

Book description

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.…

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1 author picked All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

A sense of light-hearted serendipity in Fulghum’s book made me smile during every single essay in this book.

Naturally, the theme of children learning ran through the book, but I particularly enjoyed the more subtle theme of adults learning from children and childlike innocence, which was delightful and insightful. The short, concise essays were quite diverse as well and encompassed much more than just teaching stories.

I could pick the book up any time and enjoy any chapter all by itself. I loved that so many of the stories were focused on extraordinary insights about ordinary people that Fulghum encountered…

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