John F: Based on that description, you are using older firmware. The way the current firmware works is probably even better for you:
- Tap screen bottom/centre to bring up book menu
- Tap graph icon to display the stats
- Tap the text are to dismiss the stats and book menu
- Tap screen bottom/centre to bring up book menu but, this time the stats will be displayed.
The change is that when the book menu is displayed, it remember if either the stats or navigation bar were displayed the last time. If so, it redisplays them.