Samantha Balaban
Recent Contributions
- You already know the song — now, ‘The One About the Blackbird’ is also a picture book
- When a loved one dies, where do they go? A new kids’ book suggests ‘They Walk On’
- 10 years after the deadly church shooting, a new history of 'Mother Emanuel'
- 'Chooch Helped' this author and illustrator win the 2025 Caldecott Medal
- Do what you can. A new kids’ book shows how even ‘The Littlest Drop’ helps
- When Baby Sloth tumbles out of a tree, Mama Sloth comes for him — s l o w l y
- 'Buffalo Fluffalo' has had enuffalo in this kids' bookalo
- New details emerge about Hamas-led fighters who sparked a new war with Israel
- Rabbit and Opossum come to life in 'Ancient Night' — a new twist on an old legend
- A little boy falls in love with nature in 'Emile and the Field'
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