Books and media that entertain and educate - with a smile!
Meet Granny JJ
Who is Granny JJ?
Granny JJ is a real person living in Guyana. She's Glenda's mother and my mother in law. She's an amazing woman who raised ten children and is well-respected, Godly and smart.
We started the Granny JJ Adventures books to pay credit to her, and to give the children of Guyana someone to look up to - someone they could potentially know.
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Her first book has been bought in bulk by the Guyanese Education Ministry and in Sept 2021, won an award.
Ready to see and hear a story?
VIDEO: The Case of the Portable Parking Meter
Granny JJ knows that the new parking meters in the city of Georgetown are causing some people problems. But one of them is... moving to where it shouldn't be - whah is gaan on?
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From The Granny JJ Adventures vol 2
Colour in the pictures!
The pictures are printed in black and white so you can colour them in - here's my our daughter Seraphina started.A pencil is best. there's a few you can download CLICK HERE
The Granny JJ Adventures Book series
Join Guyana's Daily Detective and buss a laff!
Granny JJ is an old lady detective who solves mysteries in the towns and villages of Guyana, South America. These books, which are enjoyed by people from all over the Caribbean, are being used by the Guyanese Government in 2021 for culture and language teaching.
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BONUS:
A) There's a list of fun Creole words at the start to help you understand Granny better!
b) All the pictures in the books can be coloured as well!
The Granny JJ Adventures Vol 1
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?
The Granny JJ Adventures Vol 2: She Back!
By popular demand, Granny JJ is back!
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Seven new stories, each one written in phonetic Guyanese Creole - and with a great love for Guyana!
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In Volume 2 you can investigate:
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Granny JJ and The Case of the Portable Parking Meters.
Granny JJ and the Case of the Skulking Schoolboy.
Granny JJ and the Case of the Double Bus Driver.
The case of the Disappearing Bandit.
The Case of the Fake Holy Spirit.
The Case of the Super Secret Singer
De Oil Well in de Yard
The Granny JJ Adventures Vol 3: She Watching Yuh!
Whah is Granny up to DIS TIME???(sorting out dem Guyanese doing paggly tings!) - Eight brand new stories!
Read along with her as she investigates:
De Case af de Brazen Hassa King
De Case af dem Laughing Bais
De Case af de Phagwa Bandits!
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!
De Case af de River Park Scandal (Berbice)
De Case af de GPL Preacher
De Case af de Bebe Blackshirts (Soesdyke and Timehri)
8. De Case of de Marabunta Menace
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TheGranny JJ Adventures Vol 4: Moh Guyanese drama!
Smart, crafty old Granny JJ is back - solving moh Guyanese drama!
She can't help sheself! Wheh deh crime an stupidness - she's there!
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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:
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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?
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Solve a problem between warring Amerindian families over a special recipe for local drink (Swank!) Trust she, you int never tried THIS recipe!
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Can road deaths with those CRAZY minibus drivers in Guyana ever be stopped? Granny has it covered in a clever and hilarious 'De Case af de Disruptive Drivers!'
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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!
OUT NOW
Granny JJ returns - because she has Moh Wuk Fuh Do!
Four new Creole adventures (If yuh can understand dis yuh can read she stories!)
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Sumwan is stealing pigs fram a local farm? Buh how do yuh carry aff heavy angry mama pigs? At night!
Granny investigates!
Boxes of juice meant fuh de picknies ah school - all gaan! Wha is de connection between de teachers an de criminal we call 'de bad powa?' Is deh a bigger plot in de background?
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Wind up! Wind Up! No. Granny wan fuh teach young gals nah fuh wave deh batties awl ova de place. Buh she an ole woman - can mek dem listen tuh she?
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And... an old love af Granny JJ return - will she give he a chance?
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NEW BOOK: HARMONY B.
A Guyana girl story for Caribbean gal preteens! (The Granny JJ Adventures Book 7)
IF YOU WERE BORN IN THE CARIBBEAN, YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN WILL LOVE THIS BOOK!
When 12-year-old Harmony B. gets shipped off to live with her grandmother JJ in Guyana, South America for being too 'troublesome' her world gets turned UPSIDE DOWN!
She's been sent there to learn how to follow instructions from adults! (Good luck with that, dad!)
But after the shock of regular chores, the hot hot sun, and the language differences have worn off - her impulsive curiosity perks up again.
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Who are the mysterious masked people living down at the end of the sand road?
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Why is a lady magician watching people in town buy jewellery?
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Why - are local rats wearing gold bangles? (Yep, that's right!)
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And does this mystery have anything to do with the big celebrations coming up in the city?
Harmony B. wants to investigate!
But... she's living with Granny JJ, a no-nonsense lady and Guyana's Daily Detective - who doesn't miss ANYTHING Harmony does. What can Harmony do?
Fun features
LEARN SOME CREOLE: Harmony needs to learn the local dialect - because 'Abi dem gaff in Creolese! (Her relatives - and everyone - speaks in Guyanese Creole which she has to understand to investigate!)
LEARN ABOUT GUYANA AND CARIBBEAN LIVING: Every stray dog, loud buzz and odd noise is something she might be scared of! What an earth is a 'six o'clock bee!
Join Harmony B. STAR GYAL DETECTIVE for her first adventure in Guyana. Part of the Granny JJ Adventure series of books.
There is a MYSTERY going on...and Harmony can't stay away from it.
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The Granny JJ Adventures Vol 1- 4 : Guyana's Daily Detective
Granny JJ Videos
You'll find readings of several Granny JJ adventure stories here plus a video showing some things from Guyana that were put out before a talk.
Granny JJ and the Mystery of the Missing Milk Powder
Who is stealing Granny JJ's milk powder? She knows it's one of the picknies (children) but she can't prove it!
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From The Granny JJ Adventures Vol 1