If You Can Read This, Thank a Teacher - (Heroes Among Us) by James Patterson & Matt Eversmann (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Recipient of the Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation, the National Humanities Medal, and the 2025 WHYY Lifelong Learning Award, James Patterson is the author of the #1 bestselling Heroes Among Us nonfiction series.

Teachers are the heroes we too often forget to thank. And we need heroes more than ever.

From across the country, from kindergarten to high school, from public, private, religious, or military schools, teachers tell us about their classrooms.

They tell us what it takes to teach kids day in and day out.
They tell us what it takes to improve kids' lives, even as they generously give of their own.
They tell us what it takes to foster lifelong leaders and lifelong readers.

If you can read this, someone cared about you.
If you can read this, you want a brighter future for our kids.
If you can read this, thank a teacher.

About the Author

James Patterson is the most popular storyteller of our time. He is the creator of unforgettable characters and series, including Alex Cross, the Women's Murder Club, Jane Smith, and Maximum Ride, and of breathtaking true stories about the Kennedys, John Lennon, and Tiger Woods, as well as our military heroes, police officers, and ER nurses. Patterson has coauthored #1 bestselling novels with Bill Clinton, Dolly Parton, and Michael Crichton. He has told the story of his own life in James Patterson by James Patterson and received an Edgar Award, ten Emmy Awards, the Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation, and the National Humanities Medal. Matt Eversmann retired from the Army after twenty years of service. His first book with James Patterson was Walk in My Combat Boots.