This remarkable evolution series, narrated by the Universe itself concludes with Book Three, the amazing story of mammals. It picks up the story from Book Two with the extinction of dinosaurs and tells how tiny mammals survived and morphed into lots of new Earthlings ... horses, whales and a kind of mammal with a powerful imagination - you! It's a story of chaos creativity and heroes - the greatest adventure on Earth! And it's a personal story . . . about our bodies our minds our spirits. It's our story. Ages 7-adult Book 1: Born With a Bang Book 2: From Lava to Life Book 3: Mammals Who Morph

Emma Lou Diemer (b. 1927), an accomplished American composer, educator, and performer, has written over 180 choral works. Diemer's favorite compositional medium is chorus with orchestral accompaniment. After a biography placing these compositions in context, a summary of her choral output, and a preface to the following chapters; the remainder of the book examines seven of Diemer's choral-orchestral works. Each subsequent chapter serves as a guide to a specific piece, with the objective of providing a resource to conductors who might perform these works. This book was written for the purpose of providing pertinent information about each composition: dedication/commissioning data, composer's notes, quotes from interviews, correspondence, sources, vocal and instrumental requirements, past performances, encapsulated analysis in tables, special suggestions, performance issues, proposed program notes, bibliography specific to the composition, and discography specific to the composition. Also included are a selected bibliography, an appendix of Diemer choral works not included in Ellen Grolman Schlegel's Emma Lou Diemer: A Bio-Bibliography, and an appendix of selected photographs.

Presents a history of the universe, from the Big Bang to the formation of Earth, in the form of a letter written by the thirteen-billion-year-old universe itself to an Earth child.