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"I've always thought anyone can make money. Making a life worth living, that's the real test." -- Robert Fulghum
Robert Lee Fulghum (born June 4, 1937) is an American author, primarily of short essays.

He has worked as a Unitarian Universalist minister (at the Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship in Bellingham, Washington from 1960-64 [1], and the Edmonds Unitarian Universalist Church in Edmonds, Washington amongst other communities well into the 1980s).

During this same period he taught drawing, painting, and philosophy at the Lakeside School in Seattle. Fulghum is an accomplished painter and sculptor. He sings, and plays the guitar and mando-cello. He was a founding member of the authors' collective rock-and-roll band, "Rock Bottom Remainders". Previous to his professional careers, he also worked as a ditch-digger, newspaper carrier, ranch hand, salesman for IBM, and singing cowboy. He grew up in Waco, Texas.

He came to prominence in the US when his first collection, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (1988), stayed on the New York Times bestseller lists for nearly two years.

Throughout this collection, subtitled "Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things," Fulghum expounds his down-home philosophy of seeing the world through the eyes of a child.

His prose style is very simple and direct, and finds life-affirming maxims in such mundane matters as zoos, leaf-raking and dusting.

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Total Books: 92
All I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
All I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten [UNABRIDGED - Audio CD] (Audio CD)
ISBN-13: 9780736697200
ISBN-10: 0736697209
Genre: Religion & Spirituality
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All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten 40Copy Dump
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten 40copy Dump (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780804105903
ISBN-10: 0804105901
Genre: Religion & Spirituality
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
 2

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten/It Was on Fire When I Lay Do wn on It  Boxed Set
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten It Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten  The Essay That Became a Classic With Special Commentary by Robert Fulghum
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten  Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things
All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten  Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things
ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW ILEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN
All I Really Need to Know Ilearned in Kindergarten (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781288840144
ISBN-10: 1288840144
Genre: Nonfiction
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 1

From Beginning to End
From Beginning to End (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780449000953
ISBN-10: 0449000958
Genres: Health, Fitness & Dieting, Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
 1

From Beginning to End
From Beginning to End (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780804111140
ISBN-10: 0804111146
Genres: Health, Fitness & Dieting, Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
 24

From Beginning to End  The Rituals of Our Lives
From Beginning to End The Rituals of Our Lives
It Was on Fire When
It Was on Fire When (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780517386385
ISBN-10: 0517386380
Genre: Religion & Spirituality
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It Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It
It Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It
It Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette
ISBN-13: 9780394580562
ISBN-10: 0394580567
Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Humor & Entertainment
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
 50

It Was on Fire When I Lay Down on it
It Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette
ISBN-13: 9780586209523
ISBN-10: 0586209522
Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Humor & Entertainment
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
 1

It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It
It Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette
ISBN-13: 9780804105828
ISBN-10: 0804105820
Genre: Health, Fitness & Dieting
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 114

Las Cosas Importantes Las Aprendm En El Kinder
Las Cosas Importantes Las Aprendm En El Kinder [Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9789584208521
ISBN-10: 9584208527
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Maybe [Maybe Not] (Paperback)Hardcover
Maybe Second Thoughts on a Secret Life [Maybe Not - Random House Large Print] (Hardcover)
Third Wish [2-Volume Boxed Set with CD] (Paperback)