There are 24 pages in this book. This book was published 1999 by HarperCollins Publishers Inc .

Mary Watson is from Cape Town and now lives on the West Coast of Ireland with her husband and three young children. Highlights of her adult writing career include being awarded the Caine Prize for African Writing in Oxford in 2006, and being included on the Hay Festival's 2014 Africa39 list of influential writers from sub-Saharan Africa. marywatsonbooks. com Anna Grossnickle Hines has written or illustrated more than 50 books for children. My Grandma Is Coming to Town was influenced by her own family. When her first grandson was born, he lived very far away, and she couldn't see him very often. She taught him "pat-a-cake" on a visit, and he associated her with the game afterwards. Then, while reading one of her books about a grandmother to a group of children, one child mentioned that her grandmother lived far away, and another said, "My grandpa flies on a big airplane. " And that was the beginning of this story! Meslissa Sweet lives in Maine with her family and her dog, Rufus, who sometimes gives her nose kisses. She is the illustrator of numerous books for children, including On Christmas Day in the Morning and Girls Think of Everything by Catherine Thimmesh. About this book she says, "When I was little, I was very shy when company came over, so I completely understood Jacob's dilemma. I had a favorite stuffed sheep I probably hid behind, and luckily Jacob has Nosey. "