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Step 1
A picture book has standard thirty-two pages with text beginning on page 5, printed in multiples of eight page segments or signatures (a split segment is four pages.) The publisher sews four eight-page segments together to create a book. There are two ways of binding the book. Saddle sewn is where the publisher glues eight pages signature together. Side sewn makes allowance for artwork.
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Step 2
The children's picture book, skeleton, dust jacket, plus front and back cover are designed catch the eye from a great distance and attract a buyer. The front flap of the jacket whets the appetite of the child or the adult buyer to the story. The back flap of the jacket provides a synopsis of the story and author information. The end papers (pasted insider the covers of the book) are where great illustrators provide the mood for the writers' story.
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Step 3
The title page, or page i, contains the name of author, illustrator, printer and publisher. The copyright is on page ii and there is usually a blank page on page iii and iv. Text and illustration begin on page 5.
