Full name: Close Encounters of the Third-Grade Kind: Thoughts on Teacherhood

Author: Phillip Done Year: 2009 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Education, Non Fiction, Memoirs, Humor Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781599951485 1599951487

A twenty-year veteran of the classroom, elementary school teacher Phillip Done takes readers through a lively and hilarious year in the classroom. Starting with the relative calm before the storm of buying school supplies and posting class lists, he shares the distinct personalities of grades K-4, what he learned from two professional trick or treating 8-year-old boys, the art of learning cursive and letter-writing, how kindergartners try to trap leprechauns, and what every child should experience before he or she grows up. These charming, sweet, and funny tales of Mr. Done's trials and triumphs as an award-winning schoolteacher will touch readers' hearts and remind them of the true joys of childhood. We all have that one special, favorite grade school teacher whom we fondly remember throughout our adult lives - and every teacher also has students whom they will never forget. This is the perfect book for teachers, parents, and anyone else who is looking for a lighthearted, nostalgic read. Similar books: 32 Third Graders and One Class Bunny by Phillip Done Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire by Rafe Esquith Educating Esme by Esme Raji Codell Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang by Chelsea Handler I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had by Tony Danza I Suck at Girls by Justin Halpern The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death by Laurie Notaro Teaching Outside the Box by LouAnne Johnson Paddle Your Own Canoe by Nick Offerman The Year of Learning Dangerously by Quinn Cummings Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain Dry by Augusten Burroughs The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern My Mother Was Nuts by Penny Marshall The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish