The Granny JJ Adventures: Guyana's Daily Detective

By Joshua Cartwright

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 figure out the identity of the sneaky 'blackout thief?' Can she catch the scamps that stole Winston's snow cone syrup?

Can this wily, smart (and cranky) old lady really be Guyana's Daily Detective?

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 story line 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 8+

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'.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Joshua Cartwright
• Release date: Jun 15, 2017
• ISBN: 9781386069942

Book preview

The Granny JJ Adventures:

Guyana’s Daily Detective

By Joshua Cartwright

Copyright 2016/2017 ©

All rights reserved. The author asserts his moral right to be recognised as the originator of the work. No reproduction without prior permission in writing.

Publisher: Living Words

The Granny JJ Adventures

ISBN Number: 978-1535535960

Table of Contents

Introducing: GRANNY JJ

How TO READ CREOLE

AND A DAG NAMED RASCAL

AND DE STOLEN SYRUP

AND DE ENORMOUS EDDOS

AND DE BLACKOUT THIEF

AND DE GIRL WHO CRY ‘SNAKE’

AND DE MULTI-COLOUR DRUGGA ANTS

AND DE VERY PRECIOUS PASTRIES

AND DE MYSTERY OF DE MILK POWDER

AND DE CASE OF DE NASTY CHICKEN BALLS

ABOUT DE AUTHOR

Thanks

This book was made possible with the generous help of:

Glenda Cartwright

Melinda Thomas-DeJesus

Gwyneth Boynes-Forbes

Raymond Clydesdale

Monica Mehta

Judith Elaine Matty

Roianne Nedd

Nebbs Oji

Special thanks to LoneAnimator for the pictures.

Introducing: GRANNY JJ C:\Users\Games\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.Word\flag-of-guyana-1644432_1280.png

Granny JJ lives in Soesdyke, Guyana in a lil' house surrounded by three sides ah bush.

She’s duh mudda ah ten pickey an have seven grandpickey and five great grandpickney. An she always right. An annoyingly, most time she is. She have a straang faith in God, an’ dun like it when people fast (of course, she jus curious!)

She love Malta, Pepperpot and most of all – Guyana.

Granny’s Detective Fingerprint:

Whenever Granny solves ah mystery – she mark de story with she special fingerprint.

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How to read Creole

English is the national language of Guyana, South America where Granny JJ lives.

Granny speaks Creole which is English mixed with words from African, Arawakan, Dutch, and East Indian languages.

We’ve written her words as they would sound and here’s a few of them with their American/British English versions alongside:

❖  ‘Batties’ = bottom

❖  ‘Boulanje’ = Aubergine

❖  ‘Crappo’ = Cane Toad

❖  ‘De’ = The

❖  ‘Dere’ = There

❖  ‘Drugga’ = Leafcutter Ant

❖  ‘Dey’ = They

❖  ‘Fast’ = Nosy

❖  ‘Fuh’ = For

❖  ‘Gaffin’ = Talking

❖  ‘Nah’ = No or Don’t

❖  ‘Obeah’ = Witchcraft

❖  ‘Pepperpot’ = National dish: mixed meat, veg and