Join the Southwick Public Library for storytime with bestselling children's author David A. Kelly, who will read from his new STEM-inspired picture book, Tee Time on the Moon!

Astronaut Alan Shepard's mission is clear: he will fly through space, land on the moon, and study it in detail. But, he has a secret goal: he wants to try hitting a golf ball on the moon, in low gravity! But how far will it go?

Here's the little-known but true story of an experiment that may have started as a stunt, but ended up making people think differently about the moon, ask questions, and look for answers.

An activity will follow the storytime program.

David A. Kelly gets to go to Moon, baseball stadiums, and football games for his job. David is the author of over 30 children’s books that have sold over 1.5 million copies, including his bestselling Ballpark Mysteries series in which cousins Kate and Mike visit MLB ballparks to solve mysteries, and the Football Mysteries series, in which they visit NFL stadiums. David’s latest picture book, Tee Time on the Moon, takes readers to the Moon with Alan Shepard as he hits two golf balls during the Apollo 14 mission. In previous lives he got paid to go on vacation and write travel articles for newspapers like the New York Times and Boston Globe. He has also spent many years writing about technology. He currently lives outside of Boston. For more information, visit davidakellybooks.com, or find him on X/Twitter at @DavidAKelly, Instagram and Facebook at @DavidAKellyBooks