Help creating custom page archives with thumbnails

[lorilin]

Hi

I wonder if someone could point me to the right function for this, as searching for solutions is not getting me anywhere.

I would like to create a custom page template that will list the TITLES of all its CHILD pages (clickable) as well as a THUMBNAIL and short EXCERPT. The code I have in the page template (below) works fine to list the clickable titles of all the daughter pages, but I don't understand how to add a thumbnail or excerpt.

<strong><?php _e("List of Artists", 'studiopress'); ?>:</strong>
						<ul>
							<?php wp_list_pages('child_of=117&title_li='); ?>
                            
						</ul>

Any help would be greatly appreciated!