Picture Book Page Layout

See how your picture book actually reads as a book, before you call it finished.

A picture book isn't your story sitting in one long document. It's your story split across a 32-page book, and where those splits land changes how it reads.

Paste your text into the layout and things you couldn't see in a Word doc show up fast. A page carrying too much text for an illustration to fit. Three spreads in a row where nothing really happens. A page turn landing in the middle of a moment instead of right before the surprise. A scene you thought took two pages actually taking five.

This is the edit most writers skip, and it catches pacing problems that rereading the manuscript never will. Do it before you send your story to an illustrator, an agent, or a publisher.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN...

1. The 32-page layout most picture books follow when laid out as a finished book
2. Where your page turns fall, and how to use them to keep a reader turning
3. How much text is sitting on each page, so you know there's room for the illustration
4. How many scenes your story actually has, which is often not the number you thought

WHAT YOU'LL RECEIVE...

1. Google Slides sample pagination layout to lay your story out digitally as a book
2. Fillable 32-page PDF layout with the 4 pages to skip with your text
3. Video tutorial for how to use the pagination

Also found inside our Kidlit Writer's Starter Kit.

Who's this for?

Picture book writers with a finished draft. If your story reads fine on the page but you can't tell whether it works as a book, this is what shows you. It's a revision tool first and an illustrator handoff second.

How soon will you get it?

Right away. Your download link comes to the email address you use at checkout, usually within a few minutes. The PDF is fillable on your computer and printer-friendly if you'd rather write it out by hand.

This is a digital product. Nothing physical will ship.

Please note: Our digital products are for personal use only. While you can use the fillable fields on your computer or print out the sheets yourself, you cannot share this with anyone else, make a copy, or use this for resale.