Thanks to the Chester Park Soccer Team!

The Chester Park Soccer Team left an impressive donation at the Miller Hill Mall Super One. Thanks, team!

One day left!

Tomorrow is the last day of our book drive, and we still have plenty of books coming in. Stay tuned for updated totals!

And thank you to everyone who has participated thus far.

Thank you Superior Senior High School Interact Club!

Apparently the Superior Senior High School Interact Club has taken it upon themselves to collect books for  our book drive! They have collected more than a box full of books from the student body. Thank you, Superior Senior High, for your support and generosity.

Thank you to Barnes & Noble and Batman: Wyatt's Superhero Storytime

A superhero storytime was held in Wyatt's honor on Saturday September 17th at Barnes & Noble in Duluth. The event was well attended and included a special visit by Batman himself. Over 100 books were collected through the event, many of which were brand new hardcovers needed by the North Star Academy library.

Thank you to the Barnes & Noble management, to Tim "Batman" B., and to everyone who attended!

North Star Academy Book List

Here is the list of books needed by the North Star Academy. Keep checking back for updates to the list. Also, any doubles of the same book will be donated to the Big Red Bookshelf, although you are welcome to comment on this post to claim a certain title that you are excited about. 

Special thanks to the teachers at North Star Academy for putting this list together.

Books DECS North Star K-2 would love to have in their library…….

Caldecott and Honor winners:

A Sick Day for Amos McGee, for which Erin E. Stead is the 2011

Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave, illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Laban Carrick Hill (Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc., 2010. ISBN: 9780316107310)

Interrupting Chicken, written and illustrated by David Ezra Stein (Candlewick Press, 2010. ISBN: 9780763641689

All the World, illustrated by Marla Frazee, written by Liz Garton Scanlon and published by Beach Lane Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.

Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors, illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski, written by Joyce Sidman and published by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney won the Caldecott Medal in 2010. 

The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson won the Caldecott Medal in 2009. 

How I Learned Geography, written and illustrated by Uri Shulevitz, published by Farrar Straus Giroux.

A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams, illustrated by Melissa Sweet and written by Jen Bryant,

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick won the Caldecott Medal in 2008. 

Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Ellen Levine, and published by Scholastic

First the Egg, written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger, published by Roaring Brook/Neal Porter

The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain, written and illustrated by Peter Sís (Farrar/Frances Foster)

Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity, written and illustrated by Mo Willems, published by Hyperion

Flotsam by David Wiesner won the Caldecott Medal in 2007. 

Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet, written and illustrated by David McLimans, published by Walker

Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom, illustrated by Kadir Nelson and written by Carole 

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Remembering Wyatt

Thank you for visiting our book drive site! Please feel free to leave comments on this post with your favorite memories of Wyatt. If anyone has pictures they would like posted, please email them to lindsyobrien@redsteppress.com.

Wyatt Albert Hanna

Wyatt Albert Hanna, 6, of Duluth, woke up in the arms of his Lord and Savior on Thursday, July 21, 2011.

Wyatt Albert Hanna was born March 4, 2005, in Duluth, the son of John and Launa (Bergman) Hanna.

He was a loving and artistic boy who enjoyed art, drawing, and dancing to music. He loved to the play Wii and “wrestle-town” with his dad and brother. He enjoyed soccer, fishing, snowboarding and had just learned how to ride his bike. Wyatt put joy into the hearts of all who knew him, and was loved and will be missed dearly by his family and friends.

He was preceded in death by his great-grandparents, Pearl Simons, Eugene Kantola, Thelma Bergman Kolkka, Albert Bergman, and Marge and Leo Zalaznik.

Wyatt is survived by his loving parents; brother Luke; grandparents John and Cherry Hanna of Poplar, and Galen and Doreen Bergman of Britt; great-grandparents Doris Kantola of Cook, and Clarence (Val) Simons of Hawthorne; aunts Wendy (Kevin) Vlasich of Lino Lakes, Minn., and Shannon Bergman of Britt; cousins Nathan and Sarah Vlasich and Brett and Eric Bergman; and many friends.

Obituary printed in Duluth News Tribune, July 24, 2011