Lost thumbnails in iphoto 6.0.6

I am copying this post by another person; it is exactly what has happened to me. I tried to do what TD suggested without any results. Is TD referring to the resizing indicator of the library window? I don't see any "+" on the left side of the window. Jim Henderson
All of a sudden, in iPhoto I seem to be on a Slideshow page and can't get back to the usual default main Library page. Where I am, there's an oval at the bottom that says "Search," and the pictures are large, one at a time, not the little thumbnails.
If I click "Play" it goes to a Slideshow box. If I click the little Edit icon on the bottom of the slideshow page I seem to be on, I'll get some Thumbnails on top but it's not the same as getting back to my Library.
I can't organize or edit if I'm not in my iPhoto Library where all the Thumbnails are located. I can't email my photos or edit them or move them or whatever, except from this random Slideshow page.
The usual default Library page I'm looking for has a "Done" square at the bottom to click as well as Left and Right arrows. I can't find this page anymore.
I can see my albums and folders listed on the left side but if I click them, I only get the large pictures, not the Thumbnails. I want my Thumbnails!!!!!
Help, please! I'm computer stupid (as you can no doubt tell) so don't use technical language.

Have a look at the bottom right of the iPhoto Window. See a Slider there? Drag it left.
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