If you've ever had a favorite grade school teacher or been a teacher with students they'll never forget, after reading Close Encounters of the Third-Grade Kind you'll realize that teachers and students have a lot in common. They both love new school supplies and they both get excited or disappointed about which students ends up in their classroom! Phil Done lets us into the mind of an elementary school teacher with his humorous and heartwarming tales of the trials and triumphs of kids and teachers in a typical classroom. Divided into easy-to-read chapters, you can pick up this book for a good laugh whenever you have a few minutes. Hardcover gift book.