{"id":23470,"date":"2020-10-14T23:17:38","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T23:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iantm.com\/books\/?post_type=product&#038;p=23470"},"modified":"2021-09-27T10:10:55","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T14:10:55","slug":"zosan","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.iantm.com\/books\/product\/zosan\/","title":{"rendered":"Z\u014dsan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First edition, 2015. 36 pages.<\/p>\n<p>Z\u014dsan is my first book, based on a Japanese folks song of the same name. Zochi the elephant is happy in his own little world with Mama and Papa Zo (\u8c61, elephant), but when he meets the Whistler he suddenly finds all kinds of new beauty in familiar places.<\/p>\n<p>I raised the funds <a href=\"http:\/\/ks.zosanzosan.com\">via kickstarter,<\/a> which sparked my desire to keep writing and drawing. It was a limited run of only 300 copies, and I only have about 40 left.<\/p>\n<p>Printed by Eberhardt Press\u00a0on a Ryobi 2- color offset press using 100#T Mohawk superfine eggshell stock. Comes with a letterpress embossed book jacket made with Neenah Environment 100# uncoated stock<\/p>\n<p>Audiobook available separately as a download or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iantm.com\/books\/product\/zosan-audiobook-cd\/\">physical cd<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Audiobook Sampler!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/242346612&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 1: The Whistler<\/p>\n<p>Little Z\u014d lived with his Mama and Papa Z\u014d out where the bamboo reached for the sky, the wind wandered freely, and the grass was an endless green ocean<\/p>\n<p>He loved his Mama Z\u014d and Papa Z\u014d, and never really wandered far. Occasionally, he would squint at the sun going down and wonder where it would go, or tilt his head at the mountains and ponder where they came from, but he never asked too many questions. He was happy right where he was.<\/p>\n<p>One day while eating his breakfast he heard a <em>crunch-crunch-crunch<\/em> come out of nowhere. He perked up his ears and listened. You see, elephants have large ears to match their noses and he could hear even the faintest sound. It was getting louder.<\/p>\n<p>Peering down, he noticed a trail of little bugs following each other happily in a line. They didn\u2019t notice Little Z\u014d standing there, even as big as he was next to them. They were focused straight ahead, marching in a rhythmic, bouncy way, <em>one-two, one-two, one-two.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHello little ones,\u201d whispered Little Z\u014d crouching down to get a closer look. He spoke quietly, because they were so small and he didn&#8217;t want to startle them or hurt their ears. \u201cWhere are you going?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of them finally noticed Little Z\u014d and looked up. \u201cWhy, hello!\u201d he said, without missing a beat. \u201cWhere are we going? Yahoo! We\u2019re not really sure, but we\u2019re going!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t understand,\u201d replied Little Z\u014d. \u201cWhat if you can\u2019t find your way back? What if you don\u2019t like where you\u2019re going? What if you get hurt, or get hungry? What if it starts to rain? What if\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Little Z\u014d\u2019s face wrinkled, the corner of his mouth reaching for his ears. Still marching, the bug raised his head slightly and made a high pitched <em>foo-eeeeeeeeeeee!<\/em> All of a sudden, the tiny <em>crunch-crunch-crunch<\/em> ceased and all Little Z\u014d could hear was the breeze. The Whistler gestured to Little Z\u014d to lift him up, so Little Z\u014d carefully put his nose on the ground and let him climb.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoesn\u2019t matter,\u201d said the Whistler, \u201cWe\u2019ll end up somewhere different and new, and that\u2019s all we care about.\u201d He threw his arms out and gazed around. \u201cThat\u2019s the fun! You never know what you\u2019ll see or where you\u2019ll end up.&#8221;<br \/>\nLittle Z\u014d stared at the bugs on the ground. Some were looking ahead, others were looking at him. All of them were quite still. He went cross-eyed back at his nose, speechless.<\/p>\n<p>The Whistler sighed and jumped down. \u201cGive a it try someday. You won\u2019t be disappointed.\u201d Then Little Z\u014d heard a faint <em>tik-tik-tik<\/em>, like two pebbles knocking together, and the <em>crunch-crunch-crunch<\/em> started again.<br \/>\nLittle Z\u014d watched as the line got shorter in the distance, disappearing over the grassy hill to the east. He sat there pondering, the only sound left the faint <em>fshhhhhhhhhhhh<\/em>\u00a0of the bamboo leaves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First edition, 2015. 36 pages. Z\u014dsan is my first book, based on a Japanese folks song of the same name. Zochi the elephant is happy in his own little world with Mama and Papa Zo (\u8c61, elephant), but when he meets the Whistler he suddenly finds all kinds of new beauty in familiar places. 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