Bianca with Carin Berger on In the Night Garden

The Children's Book Review: Growing Readers Podcast

Carin Berger shares her love for books, childhood memories, and inspiration for her latest book, In The Night Garden. She discusses her creative process for creating collages and the impact she hopes her book will have on readers.

Carin Berger is the award-winning author and illustrator of almost a dozen picture books for children, including The Little Yellow Leaf, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book, All of Us, and Finding Spring. She is also the illustrator of Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant by Jack Prelutsky and Are We Pears Yet? by Miranda Paul. She and her family divide their time between NYC and Cupcake, their home, in the Hudson Valley. Carin spends all of her spare time tending her garden.

Transcription:

You can read the transcription on The Children's Book Review.

Order a Copy:

In the Night Garden: ⁠Amazon⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠Bookshop.org.

Resources:

You can visit Carin Berger at http://www.carinberger.com/.

Discussion Topics:

• Carin's motivations for creating books for children
• Exploring the natural world at night and overcoming fears
• The process of creating collages, which involves drawing intricate dummies, making vellums, cutting stencils, and using found ephemera
• The hidden messages or secrets in the artwork—Carin sometimes incorporates words or numbers with personal significance
• Getting the physical artwork to editors and art designers and the back-and-forth process of scanning and color correction
• Challenges of printing on uncoated paper
• The impact Carin hopes her book In the Night Garden will have on readers
• Encouragement to look deeply at books and the world around you