<PAGE>   1
     As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 20, 1997
                                                 Registration No. 333-__________
================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM S-8
             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                             INTERVISUAL BOOKS, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

             CALIFORNIA                                  92-2929217
   (State or Other Jurisdiction of          (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
   Incorporation or Organization)

  2716 OCEAN PARK BLVD., STE. 2020                            90405
      SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA                             (Zip Code)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

          NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION AGREEMENTS DATED JANUARY 13, 1997,
             BETWEEN INTERVISUAL BOOKS, INC. AND NATHAN N. SHEINMAN
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

<TABLE>
<S>                                            <C>
          Waldo H. Hunt                        Please address a copy of all communications to:
     Chief Executive Officer
      Intervisual Books, Inc.                                Stephen D. Cooke, Esq.
  2716 Ocean Park Blvd., Ste. 2020                  Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
   Santa Monica, California 90405                      695 Town Center Drive, 17th Floor
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)                  Costa Mesa, California 92626
                                                             Telephone: (714) 668-6200
</TABLE>

         (310) 396-8708
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
========================================================================================
 Title of                               Proposed          Proposed
Securities             Amount           Maximum           Maximum            Amount of
  to be                 to be         Offering Price      Aggregate         Registration
Registered            Registered        Per Share(1)    Offering Price           Fee
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                   <C>             <C>               <C>                 <C>    

Common Stock,
No Par Value
Per Share             300,000(2)        $1.375            $412,500          $125.00
========================================================================================
</TABLE>


(1) Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1), based on the actual price at which
    options may be exercised under the Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreements
    dated January 13, 1997, between Intervisual Books, Inc. and Nathan N.
    Sheinman (the "Agreements").

(2) This Registration Statement covers, in addition to such number of shares
    issuable upon exercise of the options granted under the Agreements, an
    indeterminate number of additional shares which may become subject to
    options as a result of the adjustment provisions of the Agreements. The
    registration fee is calculated only on the stated number of shares.


<PAGE>   2
                                     PART I

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

ITEM 1. PLAN INFORMATION*

ITEM 2. REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION*

      * Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a)
        prospectus is omitted from the Registration Statement in accordance with
        Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Note to Part I of Form
        S-8.


                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

        The following documents are incorporated herein by reference:

        (a)     The Registrant's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1996 filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act");

        (b)     The Registrant's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters
ended March 31, 1997 and June 30, 1997;

        (c)     All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant's
annual report referred to in (a) above; and

        (d)     The description of the Registrant's common stock, no par value,
which is contained in its Form 8-A filed on May 26, 1992 under the Exchange Act,
including any amendments filed for the purpose of updating such description.

        All documents subsequently filed with the Commission by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date
of filing of such documents.

ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

        Not applicable.

ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

        Not applicable.


                                      -2-
<PAGE>   3
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

        Sections 204 and 317 of the California Corporations Code (the "Code")
contain provisions concerning the Registrant's ability to indemnify its agents
(including directors and officers) from certain liabilities and expenses
incurred as a result of any preceding arising by reason of the fact that such
person is or was an agent of the Registrant. The Registrant has adopted
provisions in its Restated Articles of Incorporation which eliminate the
personal liability of a director from monetary damages to the fullest extent
permissible under the Code and which authorize the Registrant to provide
indemnification of its agents. The Registrant's Bylaws provide indemnification
to its agents to the maximum extent permitted by the Code. The Registrant has
also entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and certain key
officers.

ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

        Not applicable.

ITEM 8. EXHIBITS

        The exhibits filed as part of this Registration Statement are as
follows:


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Exhibit Number               Description of Exhibit
--------------               ----------------------

<S>             <C>  
        4.1     Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement dated January 13, 1997,
                between Intervisual Books, Inc. and Nathan N. Sheinman (options
                to purchase 200,000 shares of common stock).*

        4.2     Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement dated January 13, 1997,
                between Intervisual Books, Inc. and Nathan N. Sheinman (options
                to purchase 100,000 shares of common stock).**

        5       Opinion of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP.

        23.1    Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP.

        23.2    Consent of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP (contained in
                Exhibit 5).

        24      Power of Attorney (contained on Signature Page of Registration
                Statement).
</TABLE>

---------------
*       Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.16 to the Registrant's Annual
        Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996.

**      Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.17 to the Registrant's Annual
        Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996.


                                      -3-
<PAGE>   4
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS

        (a)     The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

                (1)     To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

                (i)     To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3)
                        of the Securities Act of 1933;

                (ii)    To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
                        after the effective date of this Registration Statement
                        (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
                        which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
                        fundamental change in the information set forth in this
                        Registration Statement;

                (iii)   To include any material information with respect to the
                        plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
                        Registration Statement or any material change to such
                        information in this Registration Statement;

                provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs
                (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information
                required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
                paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the
                Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
                Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by
                reference in this Registration Statement.

                (2)     That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.

                (3)     To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

        (b)     The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

        (c)     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed


                                      -4-
<PAGE>   5
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


                                      -5-
<PAGE>   6
                                   SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Santa Monica, State of California, on this 19th day
of August, 1997.

                                       INTERVISUAL BOOKS, INC.


                                       By: /s/Nathan N. Sheinman
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Nathan N. Sheinman
                                           President and Chief Operating Officer


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Nathan N. Sheinman and Gail A. Thornhill, jointly
and severally, his or her attorneys-in-fact, each with power of substitution for
him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with the exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.



 /s/Waldo H. Hunt                                  August 19, 1997
--------------------------------------------       ----------------
Waldo H. Hunt, Chairman of the Board,              Date
Chief Executive Officer, Director
(Principal Executive Officer)



/s/Nathan N. Sheinman                              August 19, 1997
---------------------------------------------      ----------------
Nathan N. Sheinman, President,                     Date
Chief Operating Officer, Director



/s/Gail A. Thornhill                               August 19, 1997
---------------------------------------------      ----------------
Gail A. Thornhill, Controller                      Date
Interim Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)

                    (Signatures Continued on Following Page)


                                      -6-
<PAGE>   7
/s/Gordon Hearne                                   August 19, 1997
---------------------------------------------      ----------------
Gordon Hearne                                      Date
Director



/s/John J. McNaughton                              August 19, 1997
--------------------------------------------       ----------------
John J. McNaughton                                 Date
Director



/s/Peter Seymour                                   August 19, 1997
---------------------------------------------      ----------------
Peter Seymour                                      Date
Director


                                      -7-
<PAGE>   8
                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Exhibits
--------

<S>     <C>          
4.1     Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement dated January 13, 1997, between
        Intervisual Books, Inc. and Nathan N. Sheinman (options to purchase
        200,000 shares of common stock).*

4.2     Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement dated January 13, 1997, between
        Intervisual Books, Inc. and Nathan N. Sheinman (options to purchase
        100,000 shares of common stock).**

5       Opinion of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP.

23.1    Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP.

23.2    Consent of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP (contained in 
        Exhibit 5).

24      Power of Attorney (contained on Signature Page of Registration
        Statement).
</TABLE>

---------------
*       Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.16 to the Registrant's Annual
        Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996.

**      Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.17 to the Registrant's Annual
        Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996.


                                      -8-
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1
     As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 20, 1997
                                                 Registration No. 333-__________
================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                             INTERVISUAL BOOKS, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

             CALIFORNIA                                  92-2929217
   (State or Other Jurisdiction of          (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
   Incorporation or Organization)

  2716 OCEAN PARK BLVD., STE. 2020                            90405
      SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA                             (Zip Code)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

          NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION AGREEMENTS DATED JANUARY 13, 1997,
             BETWEEN INTERVISUAL BOOKS, INC. AND NATHAN N. SHEINMAN
                            (Full Title of the Plan)
Waldo H. Hunt                        Please address a copy of all communications to:
     Chief Executive Officer
      Intervisual Books, Inc.                                Stephen D. Cooke, Esq.
  2716 Ocean Park Blvd., Ste. 2020                  Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
   Santa Monica, California 90405                      695 Town Center Drive, 17th Floor
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)                  Costa Mesa, California 92626
                                                             Telephone: (714) 668-6200
(310) 396-8708
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
========================================================================================
 Title of                               Proposed          Proposed
Securities             Amount           Maximum           Maximum            Amount of
  to be                 to be         Offering Price      Aggregate         Registration
Registered            Registered        Per Share(1)    Offering Price           Fee
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock,
No Par Value
Per Share             300,000(2)        $1.375            $412,500          $125.00
========================================================================================
(1) Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1), based on the actual price at which
    options may be exercised under the Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreements
    dated January 13, 1997, between Intervisual Books, Inc. and Nathan N.
    Sheinman (the "Agreements").

(2) This Registration Statement covers, in addition to such number of shares
    issuable upon exercise of the options granted under the Agreements, an
    indeterminate number of additional shares which may become subject to
    options as a result of the adjustment provisions of the Agreements. The
    registration fee is calculated only on the stated number of shares.
2
                                     PART I

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

ITEM 1. PLAN INFORMATION*

ITEM 2. REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION*

      * Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a)
        prospectus is omitted from the Registration Statement in accordance with
        Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Note to Part I of Form
        S-8.

                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

        The following documents are incorporated herein by reference:

        (a)     The Registrant's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1996 filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act");

        (b)     The Registrant's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters
ended March 31, 1997 and June 30, 1997;

        (c)     All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant's
annual report referred to in (a) above; and

        (d)     The description of the Registrant's common stock, no par value,
which is contained in its Form 8-A filed on May 26, 1992 under the Exchange Act,
including any amendments filed for the purpose of updating such description.

        All documents subsequently filed with the Commission by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date
of filing of such documents.

ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

        Not applicable.

ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

        Not applicable.

                                      -2-
3
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

        Sections 204 and 317 of the California Corporations Code (the "Code")
contain provisions concerning the Registrant's ability to indemnify its agents
(including directors and officers) from certain liabilities and expenses
incurred as a result of any preceding arising by reason of the fact that such
person is or was an agent of the Registrant. The Registrant has adopted
provisions in its Restated Articles of Incorporation which eliminate the
personal liability of a director from monetary damages to the fullest extent
permissible under the Code and which authorize the Registrant to provide
indemnification of its agents. The Registrant's Bylaws provide indemnification
to its agents to the maximum extent permitted by the Code. The Registrant has
also entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and certain key
officers.

ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

        Not applicable.

ITEM 8. EXHIBITS

        The exhibits filed as part of this Registration Statement are as
follows:
Exhibit Number               Description of Exhibit
--------------               ----------------------
4.1     Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement dated January 13, 1997,
                between Intervisual Books, Inc. and Nathan N. Sheinman (options
                to purchase 200,000 shares of common stock).*

        4.2     Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement dated January 13, 1997,
                between Intervisual Books, Inc. and Nathan N. Sheinman (options
                to purchase 100,000 shares of common stock).**

        5       Opinion of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP.

        23.1    Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP.

        23.2    Consent of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP (contained in
                Exhibit 5).

        24      Power of Attorney (contained on Signature Page of Registration
                Statement).
---------------
*       Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.16 to the Registrant's Annual
        Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996.

**      Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.17 to the Registrant's Annual
        Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996.

                                      -3-
4
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS

        (a)     The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

                (1)     To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

                (i)     To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3)
                        of the Securities Act of 1933;

                (ii)    To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
                        after the effective date of this Registration Statement
                        (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
                        which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
                        fundamental change in the information set forth in this
                        Registration Statement;

                (iii)   To include any material information with respect to the
                        plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
                        Registration Statement or any material change to such
                        information in this Registration Statement;

                provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs
                (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information
                required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
                paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the
                Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
                Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by
                reference in this Registration Statement.

                (2)     That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.

                (3)     To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

        (b)     The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

        (c)     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed

                                      -4-
5
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

                                      -5-
6
                                   SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Santa Monica, State of California, on this 19th day
of August, 1997.

                                       INTERVISUAL BOOKS, INC.

                                       By: /s/Nathan N. Sheinman
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Nathan N. Sheinman
                                           President and Chief Operating Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Nathan N. Sheinman and Gail A. Thornhill, jointly
and severally, his or her attorneys-in-fact, each with power of substitution for
him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with the exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

 /s/Waldo H. Hunt                                  August 19, 1997
--------------------------------------------       ----------------
Waldo H. Hunt, Chairman of the Board,              Date
Chief Executive Officer, Director
(Principal Executive Officer)

/s/Nathan N. Sheinman                              August 19, 1997
---------------------------------------------      ----------------
Nathan N. Sheinman, President,                     Date
Chief Operating Officer, Director

/s/Gail A. Thornhill                               August 19, 1997
---------------------------------------------      ----------------
Gail A. Thornhill, Controller                      Date
Interim Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)

                    (Signatures Continued on Following Page)

                                      -6-
7
/s/Gordon Hearne                                   August 19, 1997
---------------------------------------------      ----------------
Gordon Hearne                                      Date
Director

/s/John J. McNaughton                              August 19, 1997
--------------------------------------------       ----------------
John J. McNaughton                                 Date
Director

/s/Peter Seymour                                   August 19, 1997
---------------------------------------------      ----------------
Peter Seymour                                      Date
Director

                                      -7-
8
                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibits
--------
4.1     Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement dated January 13, 1997, between
        Intervisual Books, Inc. and Nathan N. Sheinman (options to purchase
        200,000 shares of common stock).*

4.2     Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement dated January 13, 1997, between
        Intervisual Books, Inc. and Nathan N. Sheinman (options to purchase
        100,000 shares of common stock).**

5       Opinion of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP.

23.1    Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP.

23.2    Consent of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP (contained in 
        Exhibit 5).

24      Power of Attorney (contained on Signature Page of Registration
        Statement).
---------------
*       Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.16 to the Registrant's Annual
        Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996.

**      Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.17 to the Registrant's Annual
        Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996.

                                      -8-