The title of this book kind of gives away away what the whole book is about. Rober Fulghum explains how the sixteen things that he learned in kindergarten are the only things that you would really need to know to get through life.

The book includes a collection of memories the author has when he was a child. When he wrote the book, Robert was well into his adult life, and out of all of the things he has learned, he says that what he learned in Kindergarten is the most important. He had learned sixteen things: Share everything, play fair, don't hit people, put things back where you found them, clean up your own mess, don't take things that aren't yours, say you're sorry when you hurt somebody, wash your hands before you eat, flush, warm cookies and cold milk are good for you, 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, take a nap every afternoon, when you go out into the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands, and stick together, be aware of wonder. 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, goldfish and hamster and white mice and even the little seed in the Styrofoam cup - they all die. So do we, and then remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first worked you learned - the biggest word of all - look. The rest of the book is just these rules applied to real life.

He grew up in Waco, Texas. He used to be a Unitarian Universalist minister. He also taught drawing, painting, and philosophy at the Lakeside School in Seattle. Aside from teacheing, he sings, and plays the guitar and mando-cello. He was the creator of the rock band, "Rock Bottom Remainders". Before he had any professional careers, he worked as a ditch-digger, newspaper carrier, ranch hand, salesman for IBM, and singing cowboy.

Robert did many prestigious things, and is looked up upon by many for his many performances he did for the public.

The book is organized by the author with essays that contain his thoughts and "ramblings".

Just a collection of some of Robert Fulghum's writings.

This books tone is composed of essays that Robert wrote, so it has a very personal feeling tone, because the words came straight from the brain of the author to the reader.

The vocabulary in the book was decent, there wasn't, a plethora beautiful uses of vocabulary, but there was a small collection of very good uses of great vocabulary words. The language in the book was excellent, mostly because the book is composed of letters.

I have never read a book that was completely made of letters, so was a little weary about the book, but I continued to read, and I really liked it.

Throughout the book, Roberts beliefs are shared to the reader. He shares his thoughts on about mankind, God, and optimism.