How does this storybook compare to other keepsakes a golf resort might offer a young guest?

Compared to other keepsakes a golf resort might offer a young guest, such as a branded stuffed animal, a mini golf club toy, or a resort-logo cap sized for children, *Once Upon a Golf Swing* gives a family something to read together during the trip rather than something a child simply carries home.

Branded plush toys and small caps are popular resort gift shop items, and many resorts sell them well because children enjoy having something of their own from the trip. *Once Upon a Golf Swing* offers a different kind of memory. It is a 62-page illustrated storybook for ages 3 to 6, written by F.C. Salas and illustrated by Cristina C. Cortes, following Ace, a brand-new golf ball, as he gets lost on his first swing at Whispering Pines and finds friends in Daisy, Sandman, Splash, Speedy, and Rangey.

The best-selling children’s golf book in the category was published in 1999, with no audio edition, no song, and no continuing cast. This book comes with an audiobook, read-along and listen-along editions, ideal for the flight or drive home, and an original song called "Swing Away," and is the first title in a series, with book two set in Italy.

A resort gift shop stocking both a plush toy and this book gives families a choice between a keepsake to hold and a story to revisit. Many families who buy the book find it becomes the thing they return to long after the cap has been outgrown and the plush toy has been set aside.