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To serve as a reminder and guideline for how to think about writing a picture book, Bob Staake created this diagram, The Idiot-Proof Picture Book Dummy. Bob writes:

Of course there are execptions to the rule, but when we talk about a “picture book” we’re speaking of a “32-pager” (or depending on how liquored up your editor is) a “40-pager”. Think of it this way: you as the artist only have to worry about 15 spreads, a title page image, a single page finale and, of course, the cover.