Woo Hoo! Breath of Wilderness: The Life of Sigurd Olson has been accepted for the 27th Annual Northeastern Minnesota Book Awards (NEMBA), presented by the University of Minnesota Duluth’s Kathryn A. Martin Library, Friends of the Duluth Public Library in collaboration with Lake Superior Writers in the Children’s Lit category.

These awards recognize books that substantially represent northeastern Minnesota in history, culture, heritage or lifestyle.

The NEMBA ceremony will be Thursday, May 21 at 6:30 pm with a book fair from 5-6:30 and later from 8-9:00 pm.