ROBERT FULGHUM'S ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN (UNCOMMON THOUGHTS ON COMMON THINGS)
The original 1988
publication, if you please. Subsequent
publications changed out some stories and replaced them with others and a few
of my favorites were gone, or subtly altered.
I guess I’m a purist. This book
is a compilation of short stories and yes, they’re uncommon; uncommonly good (sorry,
Keebler Elves). A few of my favorites include a story about
raccoons mating under the author’s house at 3AM; how old was I when I first
read this book? One about a boy playing
hide and seek with his friends and how sometimes one can hide too well, eventually
prompting the author, watching the neighborhood game from his window, to
holler, “GET FOUND, KID!”. Another story
talks about killing the spirit of things (and people) by yelling at them and
tells of the Solomon Islander’s tree felling practice. One about boxes of crayons with the pencil
sharpener built in and beauty bombs. One
about doing the laundry (a personal favorite).
One about running into a spider web.
I absolutely adore this book and believe everyone should have a copy of
it. To this day, I find my everyday life
sometimes brings to mind this book and the stories within. It’s very relatable.
TTFN
JMS
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