Pictures no longer recognized by iPhoto

My wife has an old iBook G4 that she used for many years.  During that time she imported hundreds of photos into iPhoto.  Recently, she bought a new MacBook Pro, and I transferred her data from the iBook to it.  We noticed shortly after the transfer that the new iPhoto only showed 11 pictures.  The iBook also showed only 11 pictures.  I checked the size of her iPhoto library on the iBook.  It shows 12 GB of data (plenty for hundreds of images).  I've tried fixing permissions, verifying the disk, reselecting the library by holding the option key, rebuilding the library by holding the option + command keys, and restoring past versions of the library from Time Machine backups.  I cannot get the missing pictures to show up.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
I'm at work, and I don't remember what version of iPhoto she has on the iBook, but I think it may be version 5 or 6 (if that's important).

Try the following:
Using iPhoto Library Manager  to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
Click on the Add Library button, navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File ➙ Rebuild Library menu option
In the next  window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
Click on the Create button.
Note: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments but not books, calendars or slideshows. The original library will be left untouched for further attempts at fixing the problem or in case the rebuilt library is not satisfactory.
If that doesn't bring back the photos then this will but at a price (no albums, keywords, books, etc.):
Start over from scratch with new library
Start over with a new library and import the Originals (iPhoto 09 and earlier) or the Masters (iPhoto 11) folder from your original library as follows:
1.  Move the existing library folder to the desktop.
2. Open the library package like this.
Click to view full size
3. Launch iPhoto and, when asked, select the option to create a new library.
4. Drag the Originals (iPhoto 09 and earlier) or the Masters (iPhoto 11) folder from the iPhoto Library on the desktop into the open iPhoto window.
Click to view full size
This will create a new library with the same Events as the original library but will not keep the metadata, albums, books slideshows and other projects.
OT

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