Title: Mr. Mergler, Beethoven, and Me
Description: Not long after arriving in North America from China, a young girl and her father bump into a kind old man at their local park. They have no idea that he has been teaching young people music for over fifty years. Mr. Mergler can hear music in a way that most of us can't, and he knows this little girl has a talent that, with encouragement, will grow into something magical. He gives her a gift that will tie them together forever.
Subjects: Music teachers  Inter-generational relations Piano instruction and study, Juvenile fiction, Music, American literature