Rotem Moscovich is the Editorial Director of Picturebooks at Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers. She's worked with many talented creators, including Greg Pizzoli, Minh Lê, Dan Santat, Doug Salati, Julie Fogliano, Ryan T. Higgins, Mac Barnett & Shawn Harris, Antwan Eady, Doreen Rappaport, Adam Rex, and Marla Frazee. Rotem loves picturebooks with clever characters and inspired/ing art, and connect with chapter books and graphic novels with characters that have inherent motivation and earned agency. rotem.nyc
A special aspect of the picture book is that it has a dual audience. The book is meant to be read aloud. The physical act of reading the text out loud while looking at the pictures.
Some books to sit with and consider pacing, and how that pacing helps to satisfy. 
Rotem has attendees look at a typed manuscript of Snow by Uri Shulevitz and decide where they would put the page breaks.
Make a book map with your own manuscript. Using a picture book storyboard (32 or 40 pages). Here's a great resources for that: Debbie Ohi Resources
Print out your manuscript in 3 columns using 8-9 point font. Cut it up to find your best pacing.
Attendees hard at work.
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