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illustrated by Istvan Banyai ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 1, 1995

Each page of this wordless book by newcomer Banyai is a close- up detail from the scene on the next page. The drawings are realistic in slightly bedazzled colors, and the effect is of a movie camera panning backward, faster and faster, beginning with the red comb of a jaunty rooster and ending with a distant view of Earth whirling through space. Along the way, several surprises unfold, as each commonplace detail is shown to be but a small piece contained in a totally unexpected scene. Once readers reach the end, they can work from back to front for a zoom-in effect. The images are not always compelling, but this book has the fascinating appeal of such works of visual trickery as the Waldo and Magic Eye books. (Picture book. 4+)

Pub Date: March 1, 1995

ISBN: 0-670-85804-8

Page Count: 64

Publisher: Viking

Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 15, 1995

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BECAUSE I HAD A TEACHER

by Kobi Yamada ; illustrated by Natalie Russell ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 1, 2017

A sweet, soft conversation starter and a charming gift.

A paean to teachers and their surrogates everywhere.

This gentle ode to a teacher’s skill at inspiring, encouraging, and being a role model is spoken, presumably, from a child’s viewpoint. However, the voice could equally be that of an adult, because who can’t look back upon teachers or other early mentors who gave of themselves and offered their pupils so much? Indeed, some of the self-aware, self-assured expressions herein seem perhaps more realistic as uttered from one who’s already grown. Alternatively, readers won’t fail to note that this small book, illustrated with gentle soy-ink drawings and featuring an adult-child bear duo engaged in various sedentary and lively pursuits, could just as easily be about human parent- (or grandparent-) child pairs: some of the softly colored illustrations depict scenarios that are more likely to occur within a home and/or other family-oriented setting. Makes sense: aren’t parents and other close family members children’s first teachers? This duality suggests that the book might be best shared one-on-one between a nostalgic adult and a child who’s developed some self-confidence, having learned a thing or two from a parent, grandparent, older relative, or classroom instructor.

Pub Date: March 1, 2017

ISBN: 978-1-943200-08-5

Page Count: 32

Publisher: Compendium

Review Posted Online: Dec. 13, 2016

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Jan. 1, 2017

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TALES FOR VERY PICKY EATERS

by Josh Schneider & illustrated by Josh Schneider ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 1, 2011

Broccoli: No way is James going to eat broccoli. “It’s disgusting,” says James. Well then, James, says his father, let’s consider the alternatives: some wormy dirt, perhaps, some stinky socks, some pre-chewed gum? James reconsiders the broccoli, but—milk? “Blech,” says James. Right, says his father, who needs strong bones? You’ll be great at hide-and-seek, though not so great at baseball and kickball and even tickling the dog’s belly. James takes a mouthful. So it goes through lumpy oatmeal, mushroom lasagna and slimy eggs, with James’ father parrying his son’s every picky thrust. And it is fun, because the father’s retorts are so outlandish: the lasagna-making troll in the basement who will be sent back to the rat circus, there to endure the rodent’s vicious bites; the uneaten oatmeal that will grow and grow and probably devour the dog that the boy won’t be able to tickle any longer since his bones are so rubbery. Schneider’s watercolors catch the mood of gentle ribbing, the looks of bewilderment and surrender and the deadpanned malarkey. It all makes James’ father’s last urging—“I was just going to say that you might like them if you tried them”—wholly fresh and unexpected advice. (Early reader. 5-9)

Pub Date: May 1, 2011

ISBN: 978-0-547-14956-1

Page Count: 48

Publisher: Clarion Books

Review Posted Online: April 4, 2011

Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1, 2011

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Open this wordless book and zoom from a farm to a ship to a city street to a desert island. But if you think you know where you are, guess again. For nothing is ever as it seems in Istvan Banyai's sleek, mysterious landscapes of pictures within pictures, which will tease and delight readers of all ages. "This book has the fascinating appeal of such works of visual trickery as the Waldo and Magic Eye books." -- Kirkus Reviews "Ingenious."-- The Horn Book

• Reading age 5 - 8 years
• Print length 64 pages
• Language English
• Grade level Kindergarten - 3
• Dimensions 18.57 x 0.56 x 22.56 cm
• Publisher Puffin Books
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Istvan Banyai, creator of the award-winning children's book Zoom and The Other Side, has produced illustrations for such publications as the New Yorker, Playboy, and Rolling Stone; cover art for Sony and Verve Records; and animated short films for Nickelodeon and MTV Europe. He lives in Connecticut.

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Discussing books on zoom: the pros & cons.

Discussion Length

One-fifth of respondents whose book clubs have been meeting virtually say their discussions have been longer than when they met in person before the pandemic. Common reasons include fewer demands on their time and that the virtual format has caused their group to shift some of their social time to discussion. 29% of respondents say their discussions have generally been shorter. A common reason for this is that the group is using the free version of Zoom which restricts meetings of three or more people to 40-minutes. In earlier research studies, we've found that the most popular discussion length for a book club is 50-60 minutes, with many spending considerably longer, so being limited to 40-minutes has been a frustration. Some groups are fortunate to have a member who has a paid Zoom subscription or they have pooled together to pay for one; some groups simply schedule back-to-back meetings, so when the first 40-minute meeting times out, they move to the next.

We are more respectful of time since we are using a free Zoom account, which has a time limit. We've worked around the short time by scheduling two meetings separated by a one-minute gap.

Discussion Quality

Significant numbers of respondents note that they feel there is a lack of spontaneity in Zoom discussions. The virtual format tends to require each person to wait their turn to speak, whereas in-person conversations can develop more organically, with participants piping up whenever they feel inclined to comment.

Spontaneity is alive and well when meeting in person. It's nearly impossible in Zoom meetings. We are friends first, so we miss being able to share personal conversations in the limited time available on Zoom.

That said, others observe that there are distinct advantages to the virtual format, especially for members who may be a little hesitant to speak up in a large group.

Being virtual there seems to be an understanding that the person speaking gets full attention. So less interrupting and less wandering off topic. Some of the quieter people have participated more via Zoom than they did in person. There are fewer side conversations between people since all the discussion is available to all. We stay on task more. But that is also sad, because there is less conversation. It feels more like a class than a discussion.

While 19% say that they feel their group's discussions are less focused on Zoom, 29% feel they are more focused than they used to be in-person; and with less time spent socializing, some find they are having leaner, more concentrated meetings that can result in deeper conversations.

Our meetings are shorter and more focused during the pandemic. We spend more time actually discussing the book we read for that month. Some have commented that they like the virtual meetings because the discussions stay on topic, and I have noticed the difference of fewer distracting sidebar conversations.

Of course, some have had the opposite experience. Anytime technology is introduced into the mix, there are bound to be some glitches and stumbling blocks along the way.

Zoom has made our exchanges more awkward—there is always someone who can't hear, the camera is wonky or they are just frustrated with the format.

Socializing vs Discussion Time on Zoom

As already mentioned, based on our past research, the great majority of book clubs spend at least 40 minutes focused on book discussion, and spend more of their meeting time on discussion than they do on socializing. But even the most dedicated book groups generally carve out at least a few minutes for social time. About half of the respondents in book clubs meeting virtually say that their group is spending less time socializing. What's interesting is that opinions vary as to whether this is positive or negative to their book group experience. Some miss the communal aspect of sharing food and drink in a convivial location, and the absence of this was a common factor for cutting back on social time:

Fewer people participate with Zoom. The socializing part of it has definitely changed. We aren't able to do our themed food and drink. Not much we can do about it. Miss meeting in person; miss having the time to socialize in addition to our book discussions. We miss our hugs, miss the relaxed atmosphere when sharing food and beverage, miss the warmth and ambiance of homes and hearths.

However, others observe that their Zoom meetings are more focused on book discussion, with some also noting that their group had gotten smaller due to some members opting out of the virtual format, resulting in more satisfying discussions.

Too many people before made it difficult to have in-depth discussions as the moderator was busy trying to make sure everybody had a chance to contribute, and some were more interested in socializing anyway. The group is smaller now so we can get more stuck in. I think our meetings are more focused on the actual book & discussing it vs. socializing at a restaurant.

Going Forward

Whether you love it or hate it, if your book club is meeting on Zoom, there may be at least one or two changes you've made as a result of the experience that you'll want to maintain as and when you return to in-person meetings. As you might recall if you read our earlier post, Book Clubs During COVID: When Will We Meet Again? , a third of those who have been meeting virtually expect to retain a virtual element in the future. Of these, three percent expect to stay completely virtual; the remainder envisage a hybrid arrangement. For example, sometimes all the group would meet in person, while at other times (for example, during bad weather) they would all meet virtually; or if a member was sick or traveling and thus unable to join an in-person meeting, they would have the option to participate virtually. With the COVID-19 vaccine becoming more widely available, book clubs will be able to make the choices that are right for them. Before too long, let us hope that the quarter of respondents to our October 2020 survey who said that their book club had not been meeting during the pandemic will be able to reconvene with their group. And those that have been meeting in a variety of new and different ways during the pandemic will be able to return to their old meeting format, while retaining some of the positive experiences and learnings from this unique time in our lives. ---Davina, BookBrowse Publisher

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How to have a Virtual Book Club via Zoom

NOTE: Please post helpful tips for your fellow book clubs in the comments section if I have missed anything–or if you have used zoom, how you liked it.–PH

Zoom is one of the most popular virtual meeting platforms, especially if you’d like to combine things like video meetings, chat, and screen sharing. And if you’d like your record the meetings.

Step 1: Say hello (i.e. Download) Zoom

• Create a free account with your email address–You’ll be sent an email with a confirmation link

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The new offering is designed specifically for solopreneurs, with the goal of demystifying accounting and tax, and for a limited time comes with access to a CPA

GLENDALE, Calif., Aug. 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LegalZoom , the No. 1 choice in online small business formations, today announced LZ Books, an online accounting solution developed specifically to empower solopreneurs to effectively manage their books, secure new work, and be prepared for tax time, all with a budget-friendly solution. LZ Books provides a simple, automated accounting offering as well as the ability to send unlimited, custom-branded proposals and invoices, receive payments 24/7 from clients, link bank accounts for automated income and expense categorization, and access month-over-month cash flow trends. Plus, customers utilizing LZ Books will have an easier time come tax season, and those who have an LZ Tax plan can seamlessly transfer their data to an LZ Tax expert to save even more time and maximize their tax outcome.

With the launch of LZ Books, LegalZoom is the only full-ecosystem solution for the diverse needs of the 33.2 million small businesses across the U.S. – from forming their business, guiding them through the maze of licensing and compliance, to protecting their intellectual property, and getting them ready for tax time – all with access to a network of highly-vetted small business CPAs and attorneys.

In the 12 months ending March 31, 2023, over 10% of the more than five million new small businesses in the U.S. were established through LegalZoom. Roughly two thirds of LegalZoom’s recent formation customers are solopreneurs (single member LLCs or sole proprietors) who would benefit from LZ Books. Plus, there are millions of self-employed individuals who have not yet formed and may never form businesses, but require simple accounting help. LZ Books addresses their specific need for accessible, affordable bookkeeping, saving them from deciphering complicated accounting jargon or worrying about a chart of accounts, and allowing them to focus on growing their business. With a commitment to accessibility, customers who sign up receive a 30-day free trial, followed by an opt-in plan of only $9.99 per month – the lowest priced offering on the market. For a limited time, LZ Books also comes with unlimited access to a CPA.

“LZ Books is a significant step forward in our mission to 'Unleash Entrepreneurship,” said Dan Wernikoff, CEO at LegalZoom. “Our expanded service offerings now provide a one-stop solution, from business formation to financial management, ensuring small business owners can rely on us as their go-to legal and accounting advisor. We are proud to lead the market with this innovative, affordable platform that supports entrepreneurs throughout their business journey.”

LegalZoom recently debuted an all-new experience for customers and now offers a more integrated platform for critical small business services. This enhanced ecosystem houses LZ Books along with recent additions such as LZ eSignature for contracts and proposals, and the ability to set up a virtual mailbox and business address for increased privacy and professionalism with LZ Virtual Mail. To try LZ Books and learn more about LegalZoom’s offerings, please visit LegalZoom.com .

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10 Virtual Book Clubs You Can Join Now—And How to Start Your Own

W ith movies, concerts, bar trivia night and other live events canceled due to the coronavirus crisis, more and more people seem to be turning to literature to pass the time. Last week, TIME published a list of 30 books to hunker down with, from The Passage trilogy to Colson Whitehead’s Zone One .

While literature on its own offers solace and distraction, it can also become the backbone of community. Over the past few weeks, many digital book clubs have sprouted up across the globe, allowing people to interact with their favorite authors, discuss thorny moral questions or just see other human faces. “It’s like the book is an excuse for people to connect and look at other people,” Mike Monteiro, the co-founder of Quarantine Book Club , says.

Here are some of the most notable book clubs that will continue to offer online events going forward. Meanwhile, TIME books editor Lucy Feldman offers some tips about how to start your own community around reading.

#TolstoyTogether

While it might be an ideal time to finally crack open Tolstoy’s War and Peace, the 1,200-page epic is a daunting task to take on alone. The author Yiyun Li is currently leading a pilgrimage through the novel on the independent publisher A Public Space’s social media channels. “I have found that the more uncertain life is, the more solidity and structure Tolstoy’s novels provide,” Li wrote in her introductory post. “In these times, one does want to read an author who is so deeply moved by the world that he could appear unmoved in his writing.”

The group has been reading about 15 pages a day and are 100 pages in. A Public Space representative estimates that 3000 people are participating across the world, from Pakistan to Brazil to Norway. Li has been startled by the level of engagement: “I thought maybe five to ten people would read with me,” she says. She chose the novel in part because she hoped its pace and length would serve as a perfect antidote to the frenzied news cycle of the moment: “It’s a book that requires a lot of patience and support from each other,” she says. “If you are reading news or social media every day, you tend to get agitated and panicky. But this book is the opposite: it’s a long retrospective to history.”

Readers have also been finding curious similarities between the novel’s plot and current events:

While all the physical locations of the DC Public Library are closed, the library’s book club has moved to Twitter. Over the past week, the library has hosted a discussion about Elizabeth Acevedo’s With the Fire on High , about a high school student and mother who dreams of becoming a chef. The next discussion question will be posted on March 28 at 2 p.m., and then on April 4.

Quarantine Book Club

Every weekday since March 16, the Quarantine Book Club has hosted two Zoom talks daily with a variety of authors, from Myriam Gurba to Heather B. Armstrong. Mike Monteiro and Erika Hall, two designers who live in San Francisco, started the club when their own work opportunities dried up; their audience quickly ballooned beyond their circle of friends.

“People want human connection. They’re bored, they’re freaked out,” Monteiro tells TIME. “So you get on here and you talk to somebody who’s really good in their field.”

Monteiro says that over 200 people paid the $5 admission on Tuesday to listen to the graphic designer Aaron Draplin and ask him questions; the conversations have often extended past the books and toward the world at large. The Quarantine Book Club will continue twice a day for as long as people remain at home, with proceeds going to the authors as well as Monteiro and Hall’s design studio. The science fiction author and journalist Cory Doctorow arrives on April 1.

The Stranger ’s Quarantine Club

The Seattle-based publication The Stranger is hosting a reading and discussion of Albert Camus’ The Plague , a Nobel Prize winner written in 1947 in which an epidemic sweeps through a town on the Algerian coast. “Its relevance lashes you across the face,” Stephen Metcalf wrote in the LA Times on Monday . In the first week of the book club, dozens of readers from Mexico City to Ann Arbor sent in pictures of their reading chairs . The club will complete the book on March 30.

Silent Book Club

Guinevere de la Mare and Laura Gluhanich founded this club in 2012 as a potential outlet for introverts. “It provided a place for people to be able to get out of the house and meet up with a group—and not be forced to make awkward happy hour conversation, but to sit quietly for an hour and then chat about books,” de la Mare says. Since then, the club has grown to 260 chapters around the world in 31 countries. These chapters meet, read whatever book they’ve brought for an hour silently, and then share what they’ve learned.

De La Mare hopes that the club, which converted to virtual meet-ups a few weeks ago, can play a similar role for people struggling with living in isolation: “I hope that this provides a way to combat some loneliness,” she says. De La Mare says that in Kansas City, members have formed a tight-knit community and have even been exchanging books by leaving them on each other’s patios. Meanwhile, the chapter in Genoa, Italy, has seen a doubling in participants since the country went on lockdown.

Lez Book Club

For the past two and a half years, the Lez Book Club has been meeting in groups of 12 in pubs in London, providing a space for queer women to meet and share literature. The pivot to virtual meetings in the wake of coronavirus presents both a challenge and an opportunity for founder Eleonore Pratoussy: she wants to keep the meetings safe and intimate while also opening up her community to women around the world.

“There’s such a thirst from queer women and nonbinary people and trans people to come together,” Pratoussy says. “I’m hoping that this type of virtual book club will break the boundaries, and that any type of physical barrier will be removed so that anyone can join.”

The first virtual meetings will happen on Wednesday and Thursday evening; more information can be found by joining the group’s Instagram . “Reading a book at home alone is one of the small pleasures of life,” Pratoussy says. “Sharing your thoughts and ideas with other people about the book is another small pleasure of life.”

Rebel Book Club

Over the past five years, the Rebel Book Club has grown into a six-city organization with 1,000 active members who come to monthly nonfiction readings from London to Barcelona to Berlin. This month, they’re moving completely online to read and discuss the book #newpower with one of its authors, Jeremy Heimans. The book traces how the internet and social media have upended traditional power structures.

Ben Keene, the club’s co-founder, says that Rebel will continue hosting these monthly virtual book discussions, as well as a daily video chat called Rebel Book Pub, for the foreseeable future. Keene also says that 150 people have signed up for the club’s 14-day reading challenge, which set a goal for participants to finish a book in two weeks.

Lit Hub’s Virtual Book Channel

The Literary Hub is virtually hosting the type of programming that would ordinarily take place in bookstores around the country: book tour events, readings and Q&As. The first episode featured Kevin Nguyen talking about his debut novel New Waves— a heist narrative set inside the New York start-up world.

Translated Fiction Online Book Club

Six European publishing houses have teamed up to create this weekly Zoom series in which they take turns presenting a book from their catalogs. (The selected titles are sometimes discounted.) First up on March 26 is The Mussel Feast by Birgit Vanderbeke, a family drama set before the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Eric Cervini, a historian of LBGTQ+ politics and culture, has started a book and movie club on his Instagram page that is racking up thousands of views per video. He’s currently reading and discussing James Baldwin’s 1956 Giovanni’s Room , about an American in Paris.

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Leah Hager Cohen’s book follows two young girls, each in search of something she can’t quite define.

Leah Hager Cohen’s seventh novel, “ To & Fro ,” is a literary jewel with multiple facets. Its two storylines form a satisfying jigsaw puzzle of cleverly interlocking parts, yet these separate narratives, each following a young girl in search of something she can’t quite define, are also profoundly mysterious, charged with the conviction that many aspects of life cannot — and should not — be explained. Cohen sends both her protagonists on odysseys that lead not to conclusions but to “Two Beginnings and No End.”

That is the title of the exultant final chapter, printed in two columns at the center of this unusually formatted book. As Cohen describes it in an author’s note, it is “a volume whose twin parts are printed upside-down to each other, beginning at either end of the book to meet in the middle.” Readers may begin with either “To” or “Fro”; each opens with “An Invitation” that instructs them to “start here or flip it around.” The digital version of the novel allows readers to choose either portion by clicking a link, but its more conventional linear progression lacks the élan of the print edition. Reaching the final chapter at the book’s center, where two moving denouements share space side by side, is a unique experience that can’t be had in an e-book. This is a text you want to hold in your hands.

The format would simply be a gimmick if it weren’t underpinned by two compelling personal dramas. In “To,” Ani has lived for five years on the estate where she found refuge as a child, run by the enigmatic Captain as a “way station” for damaged people. After the Captain abruptly departs, citing his destination as “Away-From-Here,” she sets out to find him. Her first-person narrative mingles accounts of her encounters on the road and painful memories of her expulsion with her mother from her father’s house, her mother’s death and her guilt over abandoning the corpse. Invited several times to join groups of fellow travelers, she is driven onward by an impulse she cannot define. Throughout her voyage, Ani feels “a clear sense of being not alone. Of being accompanied.”

By contrast, Annamae in “Fro” feels desperately alone, despite being enfolded in a warm community that includes her preoccupied mother, lightly teasing brother and mildly annoying grandmother; a beloved babysitter who deserts her by getting married; and the benevolent Rav Harriet, spiritual guide and therapist rolled in one. But Annamae longs for a friend, a true friend who — as she tells her understandably bemused mother — may not live in this world or at this same time. At age 5, she writes to a “Fairy Man” asking him to “come and take me somewhere I need to go soon.” When her brother asks her where that is, she replies, “I haven’t decided yet.”

The Fairy Man, Annamae realizes when she’s older, was her childish way of saying ferryman — a key word in the intricate metaphorical web Cohen spins to envelop both girls. “Company” is the name Ani gives the kitten she impulsively takes along with her; it’s also the name Annamae gives the notebook she receives as a gift on her seventh birthday, in which she writes messages “to no one she’d met, but someone she felt — trusted — was intimately connected with her.” Ani carries with her a pair of the Captain’s glasses that she is told are “messenger glasses”; later, as she leaves one of her way stations, her host comments, “Getting a message, are you?” Both girls are drawn to mirrors and their reflections; in a game she played as a child, Ani imagined entering “the other side” of the mirror, while Annamae uses that phrase to describe “the world that’s just beyond … a realer world.”

These and other words, most notably “search” and “destination,” echo throughout the novel, linking Ani’s picaresque adventures in a dreamlike landscape to Annamae’s coming-of-age saga in a more realistic urban environment. No matter which story they start with, readers will quickly find that the second text enriches and clarifies the first: The book a group of scholars delve into at the “study house” Ani visits in “To” is identified in Annamae’s sessions with Rav Harriet in “Fro”; the yearning poem Annamae writes to an unknown friend in “Fro” turns into a song Ani hears during her wanderings in “To.” The point is not to provide clues the reader can use to solve the book as though it were a murder mystery, but to deepen our understanding of the unsolvable mystery that is our journey through life. Just as Ani realizes that “the Captain had never been my destination,” we see with her that it’s the search for meaning, the “being in motion,” that is crucial. Finding an answer is less important than the quest.

This is in essence a philosophical novel for adults, but by delicately portraying the uncertainties and struggles of two young girls, Cohen gives her story a powerful undercurrent of emotion, reminding us of the time in our lives when we asked big questions. Her perfectly calibrated prose is grounded for most of the book in the plain-spoken rhythms of everyday speech, so that the lyrical closing sections soar with the sense of new vistas opening up for the characters — and us. With its unconventional form and probing content, “To & Fro” invites rereading and deserves an honored place on the shelves of any serious fiction reader.

Wendy Smith is a two-time finalist for the National Book Critics Circle’s Excellence in Reviewing citation and the author of “Real Life Drama: The Group Theatre and America, 1931-1940.”

By Leah Hager Cohen

Bellevue. 416 pp. $18.99

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