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The Little Lighthouse

A 24-page picture book with one locked cast

Proves the character lock: the same child, the same hat, the same scarf on every spread — and a page count of 24, which is the minimum KDP prints, so front and back matter are planned rather than padded at the end.

Trim

8.5 × 8.5 in

Pages

Large trim rate

Yes

Print cost, US

$4.20

Spine

0.0540″

Cover wrap

17.3040″ × 8.75″

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The Little Lighthouse

Written and illustrated for ages 3–7 · 8.5 × 8.5 in

8.5 × 8.5 in · 24 pages

title page

Spread 3 — the hero lights the lamp

Spread 8 — same child, same scarf, different weather

Interior page with bleed: 8.625″ × 8.75″ · rates checked 2026-11-10

What is inside

Every page, planned before it was drawn

Page plan

Title and copyright pages
Eight story spreads, one scene and one line of text per spread
A quiet ending page and an about-the-author page
Text area reserved so illustrations never sit under the words

Files in this delivery

Interior PDF (24 pp, 8.5×8.5, premium colour)
Cover wrap PDF
EPUB 3 (fixed layout)
Editable Word manuscript

At $12.99 this book earns $3.59 per copy after $4.20 of printing.

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