The children’s picture book “My Friend the Piano” uses rich language to convey a young girl’s feelings about music and composition. But while she is riding on waves of music, her mother is cringing from the sound of noise. Amazing how two perspectives can be so different. On the day Mother announces it’s time for piano lessons, her daughter is upset, insisting that she already knows how to play. Mother’s not convinced. The lessons didn’t go well. She couldn’t make the piano play for her. Mother can do it, and she can’t understand why the piano won’t play for her … Continue reading →