Tadpoles on the Piano

Joan McGrath is a Toronto Board of Education library consultant.

Natasha loves music; but she only enjoys playing music that she has newly composed. Her mother feels that she should learn to play “properly” — from a book — and takes her to piano teacher Mr. van Dam. Van Dam not only recognizes Natasha’s special talent, but wishes his other students had the same ability. In the end he holds a recital which is like no other.