MOONWALKER The play “Walk on Two Moons,” based on the award-winning book by Sharon Creech, follows a girl on a road trip with her eccentric grandparents, as she and her best friend tell stories about life back at home. The play is a production of Theatreworks/NYC, which provides theater tickets to children who cannot afford them; paid tickets benefit the organization’s outreach programs. It is directed by Melissa Kievman, with music by Lucas Papaelias. Today through Sunday, August 14, Monday and Friday, 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., Tuesday, 1 p.m., Wednesday, 7 p.m., Thursday, 1 p.m. and 7 p.m., Sunday, 2 p.m., Lucille Lortel Theatre, 121 Christopher St., between Bleecker and Grove streets, 212-279-4200, $35.

DRAGON TALES The Ford Family Programs at the Museum of Modern Art series a reading by David Wiesner, who will read his new children’s book “The Loathsome Dragon” (Clarion), a retelling of an English fairy tale. Tomorrow, 10:30 a.m. tickets distributed, 11-11:30 a.m. program, Museum of Modern Art, Rockefeller Sculpture Garden, 11 W. 53rd St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-708-9805, free.

ALIEN LIFE Author Bruce Coville reads from his series of children’s books about young students who discover their teachers have secret identities. The latest is called “My Teacher Is an Alien” (Aladdin). Friday, 1:30-2:30 p.m., the Strand, 828 Broadway at 12th Street, 212-473-1452, free.

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