Gran’s Garden

First draft of a children’s fairytale book about grieving and loss.

Gran’s Garden is a children’s fairytale book I wrote and illustrated at the time of my own grandmother’s passing. I used the 5 stages of grief (denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance) to structure the story around, and wrote the dialogue in a rhyming/play format to encourage the child and parents to work through the grief together. The illustrations were hand-done with ink. Over the Garden Wall was a huge inspiration.