Can't customize Book in iPhoto 11

OK, I'm sure I'm missing something super obvious, but the iPhoto "make my own book" I see in the Tutorials and described in the How To from Apple doesn't look like my Book in iPhoto 11. There's no scroll bar at the top showing my photos. And when I select a photo from my "Unplaced Photos" it snaps back to the list of photos and doesn't remain in the book.
Can somebody point me in the right direction?
Thanks for any help.

The tutorial is probably not updated for '11 which is why it looks different
double click on a page to open it and click on pictures to show the photos and drag them to the photo frame on the page that you want them in - to change layouts or photo frames click on design
LN

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