Praise for The Granny JJ Adventures

"A unique and fantastic children's book...[I] recommend it both for leisure/home reading and as an educational resource too."

Neal Zetter, best-selling, award-winning UK author and children's poet. (Wishing Shelf Independent Book Award Winner 2015, BookTrust Top 20 Favourite 2016, Reading Agency Top Twenty 2017)

Investigate with Granny JJ as she gains 'A Dag named Rascal', solves 'The Case of the Enormous Eddos', outsmarts the thieves in 'The Case of the Precious Pastries' and battles with a Bacoo (a mischievous Guyanese gremlin) - and many more.
Written in Guyanese English (Creole) the book is filled with wonderful illustrations of Guyanese life, well-known proverbs and most of all seeks to show traditional Caribbean values in a modern world.
As a bonus - the pictures in the Granny JJ Adventure can also be colored in giving you and your child additional hours of fun.
"I must congratulate you on a well put together book. The storyline really thumps along and this is of great advantage when trying to hold the attention of young readers."
Hamley Case, High Commissioner for Guyana

Suitable for children 7+.

Currently being read by persons from Guyana, Jamacia, Trinidad, and Africa - Granny JJ is a good and kind detective who will restore your hope that a person can do right amidst nuff nuff trouble.

The debut children’s colour-and-read book from Joshua Cartwright The Granny JJ Adventures is a new addition to the exciting explosion of books celebrating multi-culturalism from authors such as Matt de la Pena, Mary Hoffman and John Steptoe.

Press coverage

Luton Today newspaper compares the book to 'The Number One Ladies Detective Agency'

The Voice Newspaper called the book 'a celebration of Caribbean culture'.

Public Readings
Black History Month Readings 2017, 2018
. Harrow Libraries, Middlesex
. Preston Road Community Library, Middlesex
. Luton libraries, Bedfordshire (Jan 2018) for the Independent Authors Day.

. Guyana Folk Festival 2019.

"Congratulations to you and your wife Glenda on producing such an authentic taste of Guyanese life and culture." Guyana UK Sports Development Association Ltd
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(If you enjoy this book then take a look at Granny JJ Volume 2: She Back available to order on Amazon Kindle and in print.)

Granny JJ has ten children, lots of grandchildren - and should be relaxing in her old age. But she can't! She won't! Not while there are vexing crimes going on in the local Guyana villages - and no-one is solving them.

So, she'll have to do it!

Can she solve the case of the Portable Parking Meters? Where IS the Skulking schoolboy going?

By popular demand Granny JJ is back!

Seven new stories, each one written in phonetic Guyanese Creole - and with great love for Guyana!

There's hand-crafted and hillarious pictures of Guyanese life, Proverbs and a list of special words in case you don't remember them.

But don't worry - if you can read English then you can read what Granny JJ says!

Here's what other readers are saying about Volume 2:

"Granny JJ strikes again! A great collection of humorous stories, sending a strong message - behave in life and be good, or get caught and pay for it! Granny JJ solves the crimes and always has words of wisdom at the end of each story. My personal favourite is 'De case of de disappearing bandit'. Very clever. Would definitely recommend a read."

"After reading the first book that my daughter couldn’t put down she was eager to read this book and wasn’t disappointed at all, she loved all the adventures and hopes there will be more to come. "

In this release of Volume 2 you'll get:.

1. Granny JJ and The Case of the Portable Parking Meters.
   
2. Granny JJ and the Case of the Skulking Schoolboy.
   
3. Granny JJ and the Case of the Double Bus Driver.
   
4. The case of the Disappearing Bandit.
   
5. The Case of the Fake Holy Spirit.
   
6. The Case of the Super Secret Singer
   
7. De Oil Well in de Yard
   

Granny JJ Volume one is available to buy now. It has nine stories and has been favorably reviewed by an award-winning author, the High Commissioner of Guyana - and people from Guyana and the Caribbean love it!

The authors even got a letter from the President of Guyana (really!)

Scroll up and click BUY NOW - and begin your fun adventure now!

Whah is Granny up to DIS TIME???(sorting out dem Guyanese doing paggly tings!) - Eight brand new stories!

Granny JJ is like the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency meets Miss Marple - with a no nonsense Carribean attitude!

She tek nah stupidness from bandits, teefs and persons dat need deh heads knock together!

You and your children can enjoy 8 new mystery adventure stories delivered in everyday Creole - stories set in the towns and villages on the highway up to Georgetown.

Read along with her as she investigates:

1. De Case af de Brazen Hassa King
   

2. De Case af dem Laughing Bais
   

3. De Case af de Phagwa Bandits!
   

4. Election time ah de BBWGA (Big Beautiful Women of Guyana Association!) - if you are vexed about the Guyana elections this will mek you 'buss a laugh' - no PPP or APNU voting needed!
   

5. De Case af de River Park Scandal (Berbice)
   

6. De Case af de Bebe Blackshirts (Soesdyke and Timehri)
   

De Case of de Marabunta Menace

(The Granny JJ Adventures book one is going into the Guyanese Education System (high school level) in 2020. Granny is helping picknies ah geh smart!)

I'll be uploading stories until there are a total of eight stories.

Scroll up, click 'Buy Now', and get these wonderful stories straight away - today! You'll be busting a laff within minutes!

Smart, crafty old Granny JJ is back - solving moh Guyanese drama!

She can't help sheself! Wheh deh crime an stupidness - she's there!

Recent reviews

"The whole family really enjoyed the new adventures of Granny JJ. I read the stories to my husband and the grand children in my best Guyanese accent and they were all able to understand and enjoy the creole language. We very much look forward to the next book."

Here's what readers said about other books in the series:

I thoroughly enjoyed reading these stores which are full of childhood memories for me of life in Guyana. The end of each story left me eagerly anticipating the next one. The stories contain lots of everyday advice for children (and adults) and will make a good impact on them if made available through the school system in Guyana. Keep up the good work.

A fabulous compilation of short mysteries from Granny JJ's daily life. These entertaining tales give a rich picture and insight into Guyanese life and culture. A fun and entertaining read.

What a great story to read! This book combines a different culture and morals, with just the right amount of sass to keep the reader pulled in. I would recommend to children of all ages!

In the fourth of these Carribean kids adventure mystery books the fast (nosy), smart Creole speaking Granny JJ is back tackling teefs, bandits and people committing paggly (stupid) crimes in her unique Granny style!

Four new Creole adventures (If yuh can understand dis yuh can read she stories!)

In these brand new adventure stories for boy and girls - Granny JJ (Guyana's Daily Detective)has to:

Work out how to deal with rigging and fraud in the Guyana 2020 Elections. What have a radio controlled frog, mysterious green lights and loud buzzing got to do with the stolen election boxes?

Solve a problem between warring Amerindian families over a special recipe for local drink (Swank!) Trust she, you int never tried THIS recipe!

Can road deaths with those CRAZY minibus drivers in Guyana ever be stopped? Granny has it covered in a clever and hillarious 'De Case af de Disruptive Drivers!'

And - what would YOU do if someone stole your mother's PepperPot recipe? Granny gets sheself in trouble in de Case af de Crookish Cookup!

All stories are in written Guyanese Creole - British English with added words: Dutch, African, Indian and Amerindian. Juss like bak home! A great introduction also for children seeing how English is spoken in another culture and fantastic diversity and inclusion fiction for use at home or for Black History month books at school.

The Granny JJ Adventures Volume One are going into the Guyanese Educational System to every high school in Guyana.

She has been featured in Soca News, The Voice newspaper and her stories have been read at The Guyana Folk Festival and at Black History month readings. Although it seems like a Caribbean children's book The Granny JJ Adventures has been bought by libraries across the UK as diversity and inclusion fiction, and a resource by black authors (all the Creole and cultural aspects were checked for accuracy by Guyanese people; many of the stories are based on the everyday lives of real Guyanese) for reading at Black History Month.

We invite you to scroll up, click buy and read her adventures an buss a laff! Tell yuh friends if yuh like she story.

A child's A-Z of Caribbean items! ♥♥♥

Do you come from the Caribbean or Guyana?

Would you like to teach your preschool/nursery-age son or daughter their ABC using items from 'back home'? With Granny JJ's Caribbean A-Z you can teach your child their letters and share some of your life and culture from the comfort of your living room.

Some of our children grew up there, and we decided that ABC didn't need to be APPLE. BEACH BALL, and CAT!

So, we’ve picked 26 features of Caribbean life so that you can teach your little one using objects you grew up around. There’s so much space for fun, and laughter to create Attention, Bonding and Culture!

Includes:

• 26 colourful island picture-items which creates an ABC of Attention, Bonding and Cuddles!
• 3 x Colouring pages

I don't know about you but we have found that your excitement and stories will enchant them.

A is not always for Apple!

For example, yes, A is for ANT. But those red ants bite, right? And I’m sure you’ve woken up in your bed once or twice with dead ones that bit you before you rolled on them.

How often have you bought Water coconuts from the side of the road, seen the man slice it with a cutlass, and pop in a straw. Ohhhh! So fresh, cool and delicious on a hot day! Z is for Zinc: the sound of the rain on the zinc was deafening, but it could put you to sleep at night! Older children who hear will want to hear your stories – “Mum, the ants come into your bed? Really?”“You drank from a coconut?”

Pop over to Youtube and play them the sounds of rain on a zinc roof. We put our little one to bed with that sometimes!

And Granny JJ? She's a smart, sassy, and spiritual Granny who goes around the towns and villages solving mysteries in Guyana. But she always has time for her grandpicknies!

You can see her four adventure books (for 11+) if you search Amazon under 'Granny JJ Adventures'. This year the Guyanese Govenrment thought they were so good, they bought hundreds for the children over there.

So, please enjoy these brightly coloured Caribbean items, and leave a review to help others decide to buy.

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Joshua and Glenda

• Who are the mysterious masked people living down at the end of the sand road?

• Why is a lady magician watching people in town buy jewellery?

• Why - are local rats wearing gold bangles? (Yep, that's right!)

• And does this mystery have anything to do with the big celebrations coming up in the city?