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My Granny
is Changing

My Granny
is Changing

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A children's picture book created to help families talk about dementia with young children.

A children's picture book created to help families talk about dementia with young children.

A hand drawn picture of Granny and her grand daughter, two characters from the picture book My Granny is Changing. Granny is painted in shades of green, and has a pencil crayon outline. She has a round face and big round, gold glasses that are almost as big has her face. Her big green hair is shaped a bit like broccoli. The grand daughter is painted in shades of orange with an orange pencil crayon outline. She has messy hair, wide eyes and a big grin. Granny is pulling a rainbow blanket around her gran daughters shoulders.
An image of the children's picture book My Granny is Changing. The book is facing forward and sat onto of a stack of the same book. The spines are orange, and the title on the front of the book is big and orange too.

The book

My Granny is Changing

A book about dementia based on the experience of my family.

My Gran was diagnosed with dementia many years ago. My family felt lost and alone when my Gran was living with dementia. This experience made me determined to help other families feel less lost and alone. However I'm not trained medically, how could I help?

I am a designer and I love picture books. I decided to combine this knowledge and the idea was born. I would create a children's picture book to help families start a conversation about dementia with their young children.

A £1 from every book sold will be donated to Teesside Dementia Link Services (TDLS), an amazing dementia charity that I have been working with for many years.

An illustration of Granny and her grand daughter from the book. It is an in-progress pencil sketch, you can see where it has been rubbed out and a new line has been drawn, trying to get the illustration right.
There are many A3 pieces of paper all over a dining room table. They show many illustrations of the book all at different stages, some are pencil sketches, other are part painted. Some have washi tape stuck down which is used to mask off the area for painting. There is a role for pencils and a box of paints.
A photo of a few illustrations from the book. The most prominent illustration is of Granny and her granddaughter the illustration that is used on the cover of the book. It has been fully painted, pencil crayon lined and Granny's glasses have been painted gold. The role of pencils is open showing all the pencil crayons that were used to line the pictures.

Book exhibition

The story behind the
picture book exhibition

The story behind the picture book exhibition

The exhibition is about the process I went through to create the book.

I wrote, illustrated, and designed the book. All the illustrations are traditionally illustrated, just like the ones my Gran would watch me draw when I was a child.

Exhibition is open:
1st April - 20th April 2026
@ Hucknall Library
Nottingham

Exhibition is open:
1st April - 20th April 2026
@ Hucknall Library
Nottingham

A photo of the front of Hucknall Library. It is a Victorian building designed in a renaissance revival style. It is red brick, with detailed windows and a sign outside.

Exhibition accessibility

For the exhibition I have teamed up with NaviLens. NaviLens are codes that improve accessibility for people who have a visual impairment. The boards in the exhibition include NaviLens codes to improve accessible.

For the exhibition I have teamed up with NaviLens. NaviLens are codes that improve accessibility for people who have a visual impairment. The boards in the exhibition include NaviLens codes to improve accessible.

A photo of Amy, she is a white woman, with brown short hair. Her hair is a little curly and messy. She is laughing stood in front of large painted statue of a duck. She is next to her dog Eve, who is a greyhound. Eve's nose is super close to the camera and she has big dark eyes. She is black and white.

About

Hi I'm Amy Bunting

And this is my dog Eve the greyhound!
I'm an illustrator and designer. I created the picture book My Granny is Changing.

Born and raised in Nottingham. I studied Graphic Design at NCN Stoney Street and Illustration and Design at Sunderland University. I have 15 years design experience. I have worked as a professional Graphic Designer and I currently work full-time as a UX/UI Designer. In my spare time I create picture books!

Contact

Any questions?
Email me :)

amybunting.creative@gmail.com

amybunting.creative@gmail.com