Two quirky and hilarious stories from the bestselling author Diana Wynne Jones The Four Grannies. Erg and Emily are left alone with their four very different grandmas. Erg tries to make all the grannies leave him alone, but manages to turn them into one 'Super-Granny'. Auntie Bea's Day Out. Annoying Auntie Bea always does things her way. And when she decides to take her nieces and nephews to the seaside, she is determined that they will sit on an isolated, magical island.