Saturday, February 21, 2015

Celebrate Turn #4


I am ever so grateful to Ruth Ayres for inviting us to share and celebrate events, big or small, from our week.

This week was a very lucky week for me.  

Several days ago, I saw a couple of tweets about a Valentine's Day giveaway provided by a group of middle grade authors, spearheaded by Lynda Mullaly Hunt.  I went to her website and saw all of the teachers who were already signed up.  I knew I didn't have a chance but thought, "Oh, what the heck" and submitted my entry.

Thursday I went to lunch with a colleague because we had a snow day, and when I returned I had a rather large amount of emails.  (I have a dumb phone so my I don't get dings for emails and Twitter notifications.)  I knew something was up.

The first one I saw was from Elsie and then Terje, both congratulating me on winning the giveaway.  I thought no way - out of all those teachers, I was picked!  Yep!  Me!  Sixteen signed copies of the books in the first annual Middle Grade Authors Love Teachers Giveaway!

So today I celebrate authors who are so graciously willing to share books with teachers and our students.  They are my rockstars, and I am so thankful for the gift they have given my students.  The best part is that each author is sending the books individually, so going to the office to get my mail will each day will hold the possibility of a new celebration.

Now I need to find a way to pay it forward and extend the celebration.





14 comments:

  1. Congratulations! This is an awesome thing to celebrate! There are some awesome titles in this picture.

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  2. Congratulations! I love connecting with authors on social media. They are generous and good souls.

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  3. Wow, Leigh Anne! Congrats...what a jackpot!! I know you'll put those to good use and am imaging the joy you felt upon reading YOU WERE THE WINNER! Enjoy :)

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  4. Oooooh! So Lucky! Congratulations on winning this amazing prize!

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  5. Wow, wow, wow! What a bunch of treasures you won!

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  6. I'm excited that I know the winner, Leigh Anne. How wonderful for you and for your students! Celebrate, celebrate!

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  7. What a happy day it will be in your class when the books arrive! That is quite a jackpot of books! Congrats again!

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  8. This is such a wonderful and memorable celebration. I knew you would write about this. I got so excited when I saw your twitter name in the winning announcement tweet.

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  9. How lovely Leigh Anne! Books in the mail are especially wonderful. And . . . you have a LOT of wonderful to look forward to!

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  10. You hit the jackpot, Leigh Anne. I love getting new books i the mail. Enjoy the reading.

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  11. Congratulations!!! What a fun celebration.

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  12. Yay Leigh Anne! You are a deserving winner of these lovely titles. Enjoy!!

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  13. Wow Leigh Anne! That is so great! Congrats on the win! Enjoy the books!

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  14. That is awesome! Quite a wonderful surprise. Happy congratulations to you!

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