I Lost my Granny in the Supermarket by Jo Simmons

A ‘Hot Contender’ for the Big Book Award 2022 shortlist.

This is a new, hilarious adventure from the author and illustrator of the bestselling I Swapped My Brother on the Internet.

Anna’s Harry – known as Harry the Hulk to his friends, because he is freakishly tall for an 11-year-old – is desperate for a dog. His mum has said if he can earn 500 Puppy Points then he’s allowed to get one. And today she has offered him 50 points if he takes Gran to the Caught Short Awards, where she has won the Lifetime Achievement Award for services to Loo Roll. All Harry has to do is take her for a haircut and then to the ceremony. It should be easy! It should be a piece of cake. But what Harry doesn’t know is that Gran has her own agenda in mind, and after a stop at the supermarket for some toffees (the sweet she is BANNED from having!) things go very wrong indeed!

Published by Bloomsbury Children’s Books

About the author

Jo Simmons began her working life as a journalist. Her first fiction series for children, Pip Street, was inspired by her own kids’ love of funny fiction, and two Super Loud Sam books followed. My Parents Cancelled My Birthday is Jo’s third book for Bloomsbury. In addition to children’s fiction, she has also co-written a humorous parenting book, Can I Give Them Back Now?: The Aargh To Zzzz of Parenting, published by Square Peg. An earlierbook, My Parents Cancelled my Birthday was shortlisted for Bookfest’s Big Book Award 2020

Jo lives in Brighton with her husband, two boys and a scruffy formerly Romanian street dog.