The Lizard of Oz and other stories by Richard Seltzer

This CD is intended for use on a Windows PC with RealPlayer (for the audio).

It includes the complete tex of five books, two of which have illustrations, and all of which have audio narration by the author:

• The Lizard of Oz (illustrated by Christin Couture)
• Now and Then and Other Tales from Ome (illustrated by Richard Seltzer)
• See You Later, Elevator
• Hundreds and Hundreds of Gerbils
• Tiger in the Intercom

To read the text, you need a Web browser (Netscape or IE). To hear the audio, you need the RealPlayer (which is available for free from http://www.real.com).

The Lizard of Oz:

When an elementary class sets out on a quest to save the world from disenchantment, their adventures reveal paradoxes of the human mind and ways of awakening the magic within us.

Library Journal -- "An intriguing and very entertaining little novel"

Aspect -- "Carroll and Tolkien have a new companion"

Lancaster (PA) Independent Press -- "a work so saturated that the mind is both stoned with pleasure and alive with wonder"

Philadelphia Bulletin -- "A commentary on our times done delightfully

Now and Then and Other Tales from Ome:

Boston Globe -- "A highly original collection of short stories -- sometimes humorous, sometimes profound."

Philadelphia Daily News -- "Seltzer has produced four charming stories for, he suggests, children around the age of nine. Adults will find the book has its appeal too: My favoite story is the one about the little princess who had a nice mother and was very happy and therefore very unhappy because how could Prince Charming come and rescue her if there was nothing to rescue her from?"

For a review of this CD at Large Print Books, see www.largeprintreviews.com/lizard.chtml