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"If you want an interesting party sometime, combine cocktails and a fresh box of crayons for everyone." -- 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
Third Wish
2009 - Third Wish [2-Volume Boxed Set with CD] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781603800433
ISBN-10: 1603800433
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What on Earth Have I Done Stories Observations and Affirmations
2008 - What on Earth Have I Done Stories Observations and Affirmations (Paperback)Hardcover, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780312365509
ISBN-10: 0312365500
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Self-Help
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
 2

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
2004 - All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette
ISBN-13: 9780345466396
ISBN-10: 034546639X
Genres: Health, Fitness & Dieting, Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
 30

Uh Oh Some Observations from Both Sides of the Refrigerator Door
It Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It
1999 - It Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It (Other)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette
ISBN-13: 9780785729211
ISBN-10: 0785729216
Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction
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All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things
Words I Wish I Wrote A Collection of Writing That Inspired My Ideas
From Beginning to End
1999 - From Beginning to End (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780517386361
ISBN-10: 0517386364
Genre: Religion & Spirituality
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It Was on Fire When
1999 - It Was on Fire When (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780517386385
ISBN-10: 0517386380
Genre: Religion & Spirituality
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Maybe Maybe Not
1999 - Maybe Maybe Not (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780517387474
ISBN-10: 0517387476
Genre: Religion & Spirituality
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UhOh
1999 - Uhoh (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780517393734
ISBN-10: 0517393735
Genre: Religion & Spirituality
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True Love
1998 - True Love (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780061096167
ISBN-10: 0061096164
Genres: Health, Fitness & Dieting, Religion & Spirituality
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
 28

Maybe
1997 - Maybe [Maybe Not] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780517196779
ISBN-10: 0517196778
Genre: Religion & Spirituality
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Three by Fulghum  The Boxed Set
1997 - Three By Fulghum the Boxed Set (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780375500756
ISBN-10: 0375500758
Genres: Health, Fitness & Dieting, Reference, Religion & Spirituality, Boxed Sets
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UhOh Some Observations from Both Sides of the Refrigerator Door
True Love Stories Told to and by Robert Fulgham
1997 - True Love Stories Told to and By Robert Fulgham (Audio Cassette)
ISBN-13: 9780694517923
ISBN-10: 0694517925
Genres: Health, Fitness & Dieting, Religion & Spirituality
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
 1

True Love Stories
1997 - True Love Stories (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780060187842
ISBN-10: 0060187840
Genre: Health, Fitness & Dieting
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
 12

True Love Stories Told to and By Robert Fulghum
1997 - True Love Stories Told to and By Robert Fulghum (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781568653266
ISBN-10: 1568653263
Genre: Religion & Spirituality
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
 5

From Beginning to End
1996 - 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

Maybe  Second Thoughts from a Secret Life
1995 - Maybe Second Thoughts From a Secret Life [Maybe Not] (Paperback)Hardcover, Audio Cassette
ISBN-13: 9780804111157
ISBN-10: 0804111154
Genre: Health, Fitness & Dieting
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 32

From Beginning to End  The Rituals of Our Lives
1995 - From Beginning to End the Rituals of Our Lives (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette
ISBN-13: 9780679419617
ISBN-10: 0679419616
Genres: Health, Fitness & Dieting, Religion & Spirituality
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
 12

1993 - Maybe Second Thoughts on a Secret Life [Maybe Not - Random House Large Print] (Hardcover)