IPhoto 11 - book cover photo issue

Hello all,
I am working on a book in iPhoto 11. I first started the project way back in 2009 on my old iMac. Created 3 books for my kids about our family trip that summer. The books are 80 pages, with photos (duh) and a lot of text. A LOT of text. I transcribed the journal we kept while on the trip and used their photos for their books. They all came out beautifully. The amount of text is important here. . .
Then my old iMac started to die, and I put off creating MY copy of the book. Flash forward to now, and I have a brand new iMac and I've moved all of my photo libraries to this shiny new Mac and I'm ready to finish my book.
Everything seems to be fine except for one thing. Whatever photo I add to the cover, it never shows up. There is a checkmark next to the photo, indicating that it's been used, but it's not visible. There is no problem with photos on pages. They all work just fine. (And a big HALELEUJAH! for iPhoto now allowing me to insert pages in the middle of the book - have wanted this since 2009)
I tried doing a preview as pdf - with no photos inserted except for the cover, and still saw nothing.
I really, really don't want to change themes and then come back. I do still have the journal as a Word doc, but the thought of recreating this huge book is not something I want to tackle if I don't have to.
Thanks for any ideas and help.

I might have just solved this myself. It was simple, of course.
I selected a different layout for the cover. The photo appeared. I went back to the original layout. The photo and caption both appeared.
Yay!

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