Instant New York Times Bestseller! T eachers deserve recognition  every  day,  especially  on National Teacher’s Day !  This Teacher Appreciation Week and end of school year, express your gratitude with these  heroic  stories from the classroom  trenches  from the world’s #1 bestselling author James Patterson.   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: What it takes to teach kids day in and day out What it takes to improve kids’ lives What it takes to foster a lifelong readers and lifelong learners 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.