About the Author

Fran Evans lives in Pembrokeshire, and is a successful, highly popular illustrator and author. She draws inspiration from nature and the world around her. She is known for her soft, subtle and often amusing watercolours, that are alive with detail and explore the magic of the natural world.

Reviews

Story time at Granny’s house is always an adventure
The bond between grandchild and grandparent is perhaps the most heartwarming to observe, and most gratifying to experience through the course of our lives.
When Granny tells a Story, the new picture book from gifted artist Fran Evans, celebrates this bond, and those special stories that are sewn into the fabric of the relationships of any family.
When Granny tells a story She opens up a box, The fire pops and crackles, The old clock ticks and tocks.
Granny is the family storyteller. Her memory box is full of trinkets that inspire stories to delight – from childhood games of long ago, to watching her children grow. The grandchildren have their favourites that they beg to hear time and time again – even when Grandad is ready to fall asleep! Story time at Granny’s house is always an adventure.
In When Granny Tells a Story, the treasures of yesteryear are used as a device to prompt the memory and release the stories attached to them. And Fran Evans’ stunning illustrations, teeming with detail, bring these personal treasures to life. Family photographs, a padlock, buttons of various shapes and sizes, a key ring, a shell – merely random objects to an outsider, but to Granny, they are the treasures of a lifetime, lovingly collected and each with their own story to be told. Fran Evans takes these special things and weaves their stories into the different generations within one family, creating a bond of shared experience and collective memory. This closeness is portrayed perfectly in her pictures – their warm tones and soft lines ooze tenderness and create a heartwarming coziness, as we are invited into Granny’s magical world.
A delightful book for young and old alike, When Granny Tells a Story is sure to become a favourite with children across the country.
*Publisher: Gomer@Lolfa*