diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/constants.js b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/constants.js
index f36ebc5630..f2e5f5bcae 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/constants.js
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/constants.js
@@ -74,3 +74,9 @@ export const DraggableRegions = {
   TOPIC_VIEW: 'topicView',
   CLIPBOARD: 'clipboard',
 };
+
+/**
+ * Default page size for the import search page
+ * @type {number}
+ */
+export const ImportSearchPageSize = 15;
diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/views/ImportFromChannels/ContentTreeList.vue b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/views/ImportFromChannels/ContentTreeList.vue
index 3dc29fad36..809bdebd1a 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/views/ImportFromChannels/ContentTreeList.vue
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/views/ImportFromChannels/ContentTreeList.vue
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
   import Checkbox from 'shared/views/form/Checkbox';
   import LoadingText from 'shared/views/LoadingText';
   import { constantsTranslationMixin } from 'shared/mixins';
+  import { ChannelListTypes } from 'shared/constants';
 
   export default {
     name: 'ContentTreeList',
@@ -154,8 +155,14 @@
     },
     mounted() {
       this.loading = true;
+      let params = {};
+      const channelListType = this.$route.query.channel_list || ChannelListTypes.PUBLIC;
+      if (channelListType === ChannelListTypes.PUBLIC) {
+        params = { published: true };
+      }
+
       return Promise.all([
-        this.loadChildren({ parent: this.topicId }),
+        this.loadChildren({ parent: this.topicId, ...params }),
         this.loadAncestors({ id: this.topicId }),
       ]).then(() => {
         this.loading = false;
diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/views/ImportFromChannels/SearchResultsList.vue b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/views/ImportFromChannels/SearchResultsList.vue
index 815f0e49a2..c543cd6228 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/views/ImportFromChannels/SearchResultsList.vue
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/views/ImportFromChannels/SearchResultsList.vue
@@ -94,10 +94,12 @@
   import { mapActions, mapGetters, mapState } from 'vuex';
   import debounce from 'lodash/debounce';
   import find from 'lodash/find';
+  import { ImportSearchPageSize } from '../../constants';
   import BrowsingCard from './BrowsingCard';
   import SavedSearchesModal from './SavedSearchesModal';
   import SearchFilters from './SearchFilters';
   import SearchFilterBar from './SearchFilterBar';
+  import logging from 'shared/logging';
   import Pagination from 'shared/views/Pagination';
   import Checkbox from 'shared/views/form/Checkbox';
   import LoadingText from 'shared/views/LoadingText';
@@ -137,9 +139,13 @@
       nodes() {
         return this.getContentNodes(this.nodeIds) || [];
       },
+      pageSizeOptions() {
+        return [10, 15, 25];
+      },
       pageSize: {
         get() {
-          return Number(this.$route.query.page_size) || 25;
+          const pageSize = Number(this.$route.query.page_size);
+          return this.pageSizeOptions.find(p => p === pageSize) || ImportSearchPageSize;
         },
         set(page_size) {
           this.$router.push({
@@ -152,9 +158,6 @@
           });
         },
       },
-      pageSizeOptions() {
-        return [25, 50, 100];
-      },
       isSelected() {
         return function(node) {
           return Boolean(find(this.selected, { id: node.id }));
@@ -190,6 +193,7 @@
         function() {
           this.fetchResourceSearchResults({
             ...this.$route.query,
+            page_size: this.pageSize,
             keywords: this.currentSearchTerm,
             exclude_channel: this.currentChannelId,
             last: undefined,
@@ -200,8 +204,9 @@
               this.pageCount = page.total_pages;
               this.totalCount = page.count;
             })
-            .catch(() => {
+            .catch(e => {
               this.loadFailed = true;
+              logging.error(e);
             });
         },
         1000,
diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/vuex/contentNode/actions.js b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/vuex/contentNode/actions.js
index 89eba97c59..af29d46618 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/vuex/contentNode/actions.js
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/vuex/contentNode/actions.js
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ export function loadContentNodeByNodeId(context, nodeId) {
     });
 }
 
-export function loadChildren(context, { parent }) {
-  return loadContentNodes(context, { parent });
+export function loadChildren(context, { parent, ...params }) {
+  return loadContentNodes(context, { parent, ...params });
 }
 
 export function loadAncestors(context, { id }) {
diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/vuex/importFromChannels/actions.js b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/vuex/importFromChannels/actions.js
index 3cb9a1d0b3..4d2be21114 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/vuex/importFromChannels/actions.js
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/vuex/importFromChannels/actions.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import partition from 'lodash/partition';
+import { ImportSearchPageSize } from '../../constants';
 import client from 'shared/client';
 import urls from 'shared/urls';
 import * as publicApi from 'shared/data/public';
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ import { Channel, SavedSearch } from 'shared/data/resources';
 export async function fetchResourceSearchResults(context, params) {
   params = { ...params };
   delete params['last'];
-  params.page_size = params.page_size || 25;
+  params.page_size = params.page_size || ImportSearchPageSize;
   params.channel_list = params.channel_list || ChannelListTypes.PUBLIC;
 
   const response = await client.get(urls.search_list(), { params });
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ export async function fetchResourceSearchResults(context, params) {
       )
     : Promise.resolve([]);
 
-  await Promise.all([
+  const [privateNodesLoaded, publicNodesLoaded] = await Promise.all([
     // the loadContentNodes action already loads the nodes into vuex
     privatePromise,
     Promise.all(
@@ -48,7 +49,26 @@ export async function fetchResourceSearchResults(context, params) {
       }),
   ]);
 
-  return response.data;
+  // In case we failed to obtain data for all nodes, filter out the ones we didn't get
+  const results = response.data.results
+    .map(node => {
+      return (
+        privateNodesLoaded.find(n => n.id === node.id) ||
+        publicNodesLoaded.find(n => n.id === node.id)
+      );
+    })
+    .filter(Boolean);
+  // This won't work across multiple pages, if we fail to load some nodes, but that should be rare
+  const countDiff = response.data.results.length - results.length;
+  const count = response.data.count - countDiff;
+  const pageDiff = Math.floor(countDiff / params.page_size);
+
+  return {
+    count,
+    page: response.data.page,
+    results,
+    total_pages: response.data.total_pages - pageDiff,
+  };
 }
 
 export function loadChannels(context, params) {
diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/data/public.js b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/data/public.js
index 644fb138a8..a6b88b4a5f 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/data/public.js
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/data/public.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  *
  * See bottom of file for '@typedef's
  */
+import isString from 'lodash/isString';
 import isFunction from 'lodash/isFunction';
 import { RolesNames } from 'shared/leUtils/Roles';
 import { findLicense } from 'shared/utils/helpers';
@@ -29,6 +30,14 @@ function _convertMetadataLabel(key, obj) {
   return converted;
 }
 
+/**
+ * @see MPTTModel for explanation of this calculation
+ * @param obj
+ * @return {number}
+ */
+const total_count = obj =>
+  obj['kind'] === ContentKindsNames.TOPIC ? (obj['rght'] - obj['lft'] - 1) / 2 : 1;
+
 const CONTENT_NODE_FIELD_MAP = {
   // `destination field`: `source field` or value producing function
   node_id: 'id',
@@ -54,21 +63,23 @@ const CONTENT_NODE_FIELD_MAP = {
   categories: _convertMetadataLabel.bind({}, 'categories'),
   resource_types: _convertMetadataLabel.bind({}, 'resource_types'),
   tags: _convertMetadataLabel.bind({}, 'tags'),
-  extra_fields: obj => ({ options: JSON.parse(obj['options']) }),
+  extra_fields: obj => ({
+    options: isString(obj['options']) ? JSON.parse(obj['options']) : obj['options'],
+  }),
   role_visibility: obj => (obj['coach_content'] ? RolesNames.COACH : RolesNames.LEARNER),
   license: obj => findLicense(obj['license_name']),
   license_description: 'license_description',
   copyright_holder: 'license_owner',
   coach_count: 'num_coach_contents',
-  // see MPTTModel for explanation of this calculation
-  total_count: obj =>
-    obj['kind'] === ContentKindsNames.TOPIC ? (obj['rght'] - obj['lft'] - 1) / 2 : 1,
+
+  total_count,
   language: obj => obj['lang']['id'],
-  thumbnail_src: obj => new URL(obj['thumbnail'], window.location.origin).pathname,
+  thumbnail_src: obj =>
+    obj['thumbnail'] ? new URL(obj['thumbnail'], window.location.origin).toString() : null,
   thumbnail_encoding: () => '{}',
 
   // unavailable in public API
-  // 'resource_count': 'num_resources',
+  resource_count: total_count, // fake it, assume all nodes are resources
   // 'root_id': 'root_id',
 };