Tina Tennessen, NPR
toggle caption Tina Tennessen, NPR
Children s book illustrator Eric Carle stands in the garden of his hilltop home at the edge of the Berkshire Mountains in northwestern Massachusetts. Tina Tennessen, NPR In their 2003 book, Eric Carle and Bill Martin Jr. pay tribute to endangered animals and their freedom.
hide caption
toggle caption
On the colorful grounds of illustrator Eric Carle s Massachusetts home, even the most insignificant weeds play a pivotal part in his garden palette.
Everything has its place: Red and orange pansies shape one edge of the garden, another corner is designed to blossom into a symphony of blues. He s even satisfied with white and red weeds that he says make a transition from the grassy meadow to his chest-level garden.