How does a keepsake book compare to a junior membership pin or patch?

A membership pin or patch marks that a child belongs to a junior golf association. *Once Upon a Golf Swing* marks something a child can actually revisit, and an association weighing the two should think about what each one does after the day it is handed over. A pin or patch is small, inexpensive, and often sewn onto a bag or bulletin board, which gives it a lasting display value but little else, a child rarely picks it up and interacts with it again. The 62-page illustrated hardcover about Ace, a golf ball lost on his first swing at Whispering Pines, works differently, getting opened at bedtime and read again months or years later. On cost, the two are often close, a quality embroidered patch can run near the book’s $14.97 softcover price, but the book adds a $29.97 hardcover, a $9.97 audiobook, and read-along and listen-along editions that a patch cannot offer. Written by F.C. Salas and illustrated by Cristina C. Cortes, with an original theme song, "Swing Away," the book gives an association a gift with a story attached, not just a symbol of membership. Many associations give both, a patch for the bag and a book for the shelf, but for a young player, ages three to six, who wants something to actually do with a gift rather than just display, the book is the one more likely to be requested again at bedtime.