Picture Book Layout
Picture Book Manuscript
What Are You?
By Erik Allen
77 Words
Pages 1
Inside cover end-sheet
Pages 2-3
Copyright/Title page
Pages 4-5
A little boy is throwing a stick for his dog to fetch.
Pages 6-7
The boy and dog are looking at an alien child in a spacesuit standing by the thrown stick.
Pages 8-9
The boy and the alien point at each other and ask at the same time, “What are you?”
Pages 10-11
The boy is holding his hat in his hands and says, “I’m too little to know, but sometimes I wear this hat when I go outside”
Pages 12-13
The alien pops the helmet off the spacesuit and says, “I like to wear this hat when I go outside.”
Pages 14-15
The boy points at a strange bird and asks, “What is that?”
The alien says, “That’s my pet bird.”
Pages 16-17
The alien points at a dog and asks, “What is that?”
The boy says, “That’s my best friend.”
Pages 18-19
The boy points at two aliens on a hovering bike and asks, “What is that?”
The alien says, “Those are my parents.”
Pages 20-21
The alien points at a person in the nearby bushes and asks, “What is that?”
Pages 22-23
The boy introducing the person says, “This is my Grandma.”
The Grandma waves and says, “Hello”
Pages 24-25
The alien points at a cabin in the woods and asks, “What is that?”
The boy says, “That’s where me and grandma live.”
Pages 26-27
The boy points at a flying saucer and asks, “What is that?”
The alien says, “That’s my home.”
Pages 28-29
The boy says, “You are just like me.”
Pages 30-31
The boy and alien run off together to play.
Pages 32
Back cover end-sheet
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