In May Stenhouse had a blog tour of the second edition of The Daily 5 by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser, AKA “The 2 Sisters.” All you had to do was leave a comment on the blogs and you would be entered for a signed copy of this book.
Any chance to win a book, I’m in. I’ve been known to make a comment every now and then, even with no carrot dangling. 🙂 Lucky me! I got a Twitter message from Mandy Robek at Enjoy and Embrace Learning that I was a lucky winner! (Thank you Mandy!) Woo hoo! All I had to do was send her a message with my address. I did, so now I began waiting for my book.
About six weeks after winning, the book arrived from Stenhouse. Excitedly, I opened the package. Did I just dream that it would be signed or was it? That was what I wanted to check out first. There was a lovely note from Chandra Lowe and she even spelled my name right! (see photo)
Then I quickly flipped open the cover, turned a page and there it was, signed by the Two Sisters! I am smiling to myself and thinking how cool this is. While I’m looking at the inscription, my friend is peering over my shoulder. She asks, “Who’s Maureen?” (see photo)
Now my brain begins to process. I had noticed the name Maureen, but it didn’t register that it was the wrong name. I began to laugh. Somewhere, someone has a book inscribed to LeAnn. Apparently things must have gotten busy at the Stenhouse offices and there was a slight mix up in books. Now I have a funny story to share with teachers as I introduce them to the Daily 5. 🙂
elsie tries writing 
Too funny!
Winning a book is exciting!
Ha! That’s funny. I’ve been running into books in used bookstores that are signed and dedicated to people. I always wonder what the story was — how would a book signed by the author and personally dedicated to someone be given up? Every book is a story, and the ownership history of a book is a story in itself!
Well congrats on the win regardless! A free book is like candy to us, isn’t it? I love that you can keep you sense of humor from a mishap like that. I like what they said up there – Maureen can be one of your “pen names”! Hahaha!
Funny that you didn’t register it as the wrong name immediately. Congrats on your win – and the tale that came with it.
So funny! Another name to add to your list of aliases, Le Ann/elsie. 🙂 Enjoy the book!
~Jennifer
Now your book is more unique and special 🙂 Congrats on the win, Elsie!
It’s always great to win a book. Enjoy. Now you have another alias when you tire of Elsie!
Great to win, even better to have a story to go with it!
You didn’t just win a book, you won a story!
Oops! I always thought it was funny when students brought me notes out of a book — from a previous year! I guess you have a mystery to solve, huh? Who IS Maureen?
Ha, isn’t your real name Maureen?
So fun! Something I worry about when I send lots of letters, report cards, etc. Did I put the right letter in the right envelope. Wonder where Maureen is.
Such fun! When I read your teaser on TWT, I was convinced that the author wrote a “personal note” to Else because she reads your blog. Oh well, maybe Maureen will step forward and you can trade books!
Elsie, I always have my fingers crossed to win a new book! (My husband is happier too!) I was excited to also win the second edition of The Daily 5. I remember being surprised that it was also signed by the two sisters … funny thing is — I don’t remember my name being inscribed. So did I get the wrong one? Perhaps my brain just skipped over the name too! Maybe I have LeAnn’s book! (Time out. I just quickly ran to grab my book.) Whew! My book has no name, just “Dream Daily!” This could have been a funny story that got a whole lot funnier! 🙂
How funny! Glad you weren’t upset…just turn it into a story!!!!
congratulations on winning. Books make terrific prizes and one can never have enough of them. As for the inscription, you can always say the Maureen is your pen name.
Fun story, great to include the pictures!