Putting it all together

The next stage in the publishing process is the layout.  At this point the pictures and text are put onto the pages, with background borders and page numbering.  The title page, bibliographical information, dedication and paging are set.  Let's take a look at how it developed:

 It was so exciting to see copyright, ISBN number and library information on the bibliographic information page.  It was finally on its way to being a "real" book!  On this page you can see the normal background which forms the border for many of the pages.  On some pages, it is another colour or a pattern which matches to the illustration for that page.

 Bethany and Rebecca couldn't agree on the title page, so the illustrators gave us several versions with purple or green backgrounds and with or without sleeves.  Rebecca's favourite was purple with sleeves, but Bethany's was green with no sleeves.

As you know if you've seen the book, we went with green with no sleeves.  The layout artists added the beautifully formatted title and author name. They also created a "The End" page for the end, as Bethany had in her original, in order to make the number of pages come out even.