IPhoto '09 Book

I had to use Time Machine to re-install my photo library since I made a mistake with one of the photos by cropping it for another purpose, which altered the book I had made awhile back. After re-installing the library and getting the photo back to its original state, some of the other photos were missing from the book (but are in the thumbnail section). In place of the photos (in the book layout) there is an explanation mark (grey). What did I do and how do I get the book back to it original status?
Thanks for any help I can receive for this problem.

Welcome to the Apple Discussions. You do know that you can undo any edit you've made in iPhoto by simply Control-clicking on the photo and selecting "Revert to Original" from the Contextual menu, right? You're never more than on click away from the original version of the photo.
It sounds like the library's database file is damaged. Backup and launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys depressed to rebuild the library. Select the last three options.
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