An Apple for My Teacher: Twelve Writers Tell about Teachers Who Made All the Difference

Book Overview

Essays by Houston A. Baker, Jr., John Barth, Fred Chappell, John Eisenhower, George Garrett, Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey, Nancy Hale, Alfred Kazin, Mark Smith, Elizabeth Spencer, Max Steele, and Sylvia Wilkinson. "Will fascinate avid readers and teachers".--Chattanooga News-Free Press. A Writer's Digest Book Club selection.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0912697571
• ISBN13: 9780912697574
• Release Date: March 1987
• Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Teaching with Heart and Caring

An Apple for My Teacher is a book that helps students and teachers alike realize their importance to one another. The tweleve stories included show what makes a good teacher and how influential a figure a teacher is/can be in a student's life. I enjoyed reading about the various ways and the different types of teachers that influenced these writers. Surprisingly not all of the writers chose teachers that were a 'traditional' teacher nor did they all choose teachers who specifically taught english. The only problem with the book is that it seems dated because most of the authors went to school many years ago. It would be good to have a 'newer' version of this book. Even though the time frame is a bit old the feelings and experiences presented in this book are still relevant today.