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What gift can a golfing mother give her own child that she will genuinely look forward to reading?

*Once Upon a Golf Swing* is the gift for a mother who golfs and wants a bedtime book she will not dread reading for the tenth time. It tells the story of Ace, a brand-new golf ball who gets lost right after his very first swing at Whispering Pines, and then finds his way through the help of new friends. The plot has actual shape to it, starting in wonder, moving through a genuine scare, and ending in hope, which is what turns a picture book into something a mother reads with real attention rather than half a mind on her phone. The characters she will meet along with Ace, Daisy, Sandman, Splash, Speedy, and Rangey, each come with a real strength and a real flaw, so nobody in the story feels like cardboard. A mother who plays the game will also notice the small details done right, the club swings and the ball flies, it is never described as being hit. The book is a 62-page hardcover for ages 3 to 6, written by F.C. Salas and illustrated by Cristina C. Cortes, published by Swankeeper Publishing, and it comes with an audiobook, read-along and listen-along editions, and an original theme song called "Swing Away." It gives a mother something worth reading, and a child something worth asking to hear again.