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LEAPIFIED BOOKS
We've compiled a list of books that are either entirely Leap Year Day themed, or have somehow incorporated Leap Day into the story. Search online to order the books. Some are no longer in print.
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No Birthday for Aislinn is a storybook that teaches children about Leap Year in a way that is sure to makes learning fun. Young Aislinn is sad because she feels that she is being left out of birthday celebrations. As she learns about Leap Year Day, she realizes that she is a "Leapling", one of the unique children who only have a birthday once every four years. No Birthday for Aislinn is a wonderful tool for elementary school teachers who are looking for a way to engage their classroom before introducing the concept of Leap Year to their class.
slacker by Gordon Korman
Professor Nevins book of fiction
s titled Leap Day and Other Stories
Francis M. Nevins, a crime author also admired for his scholarly nonfiction.
(2003).
The main character is a Leap Day baby!
"Alexander Bopp has just moved to Stermont, a little town with a monstrous secret! First he finds an old notebook filled with super-secret information about monsters! Then he starts seeing those creepy, dancing, arm-waving balloon guys all over town."
2005
LEAP DAY
A Read with Pooh...All Year Through! Series by Disney
Tigger finds out about Leap Day..
2008
LEOPOLD'S LONG AWAITED
LEAP YEAR BIRTHDAY
by Dawn Desjardins
Illustrated by C.E.Locander
Leopold and his parents wait patiently for his first birthday, February 29th, but it just never seems to come.
2009
MOMMY, WHERE'S MY BIRTHDAY?
Lakisha Cornell
How do you tell a child born on Feb. 29 that his birthday is only on the calendar once every four years?
2011
LEAP'S DAY
Stephanie Bee Simmons
Leap's Day is a story about the calendar, friendship and the things that make us special.
2007
IT'S MY BIRTHDAY...FINALLY!
A Leap Year Story
by Michelle Whitaker Winfrey
It's My Birthday... Finally! A Leap Year Story A story about a boy named Miles who was born on February 29.
Will he be 8, or 2?
2009
IT'S NOT LEAP YEAR THIS YEAR!
by Michelle W. Winfrey
It's Not Leap Year this year! A Leap Year Story. A story about a boy named Miles who was born on February 29 There is just one problem... February 29th does not come this year.
2012
THE LEAP YEAR TURTLE
You've never heard of the Leap Year Turtle? Learn about the Leap Year story with a group of children in this new storybook that tells the legend of the Leap Year Turtle!
2004
THE KANGAROO WHO COULDN'T STOP
by Robert Cox and Jim Robins
STINK MOODY BOOKS
Stink was born on February 29!
2014
THE TRUTH ABOUT FEBRURY
There's more to the story than what is told in history books. Join two young men as they visit Bo-chee to find out the true story about why February has fewer days than all of the other eleven months.
2009
FEBRUARY THE 29TH
by Kenneth Steven
2010
RING OF FIRE
The Century Quartet
by P. D. Baccalario
A mystery that will take four cities and four extraordinary kids to solve— and they all
have birthdays on February 29, Leap Day.
2011
STAR OF STONE
The Century Quartet
by P. D. Baccalario
A mystery that will take four cities and four extraordinary kids to solve— and they all
have birthdays on February 29, Leap Day.
2012
CITY OF WIND
The Century Quartet
by P. D. Baccalario
A mystery that will take four cities and four extraordinary kids to solve— and they all
have birthdays on February 29, Leap Day.
2012
DRAGON OF SEAS
The Century Quartet
by P. D. Baccalario
A mystery that will take four cities and four extraordinary kids to solve— and they all
have birthdays on February 29, Leap Day.
1981
ROBBIE AND THE
LEAP YEAR BLUES
by Norma Klein
Eleven-year-old Robbie tries to cope with a sudden deluge of girl friends and the emotional problems of his divorced parents.
2006
LEAP DAY
by Wendy Mass
This fascinating, surprising novel is full of everyday imaginations and truths in the life and future of a teenage girl, as it tells the story of soon-to-be-16 (or 4?) Josie Taylor, who was born on Leap Day.
2018
A LEAP OF LOVE
by Catherine Lim
There is a wonderful ancient Western tradition that allows a woman to propose to a man - but only on 29 February. Only once every four years, in a Leap Year. On such a momentous day, late one morning in modern-day Singapore...
2013
WHAT IN THE WORLD IS A LEAP YEAR?
Explains units of time measurement, including a year, a decade, and a fortnight.
2008
LEAP DAY
a novel by
Larry W. Payton Jr.
He goes to sleep on February 28, 2008, wakes up on Leap Day, 2004, and writes a letter to his past self. His hope is that his past self will make the changes necessary to improve his life.
2000
THE LEAP YEAR BOOK
by Barbara Sutton-Smith
The Honor Society of Leap Year Day Babies is mentioned along with a picture of our very own Leap Day Lady, Raenell Dawn. See page 60! (Raenell was born in 1960)
1924
THE LEAP YEAR GIRL
by Burta Ruck
1957
LEAP YEAR ROMANCE
by Berta Ruck
1932
LEAP YEAR BRIDE
by Laura Lou Brookman
Is a girl justified in asking a man to marry her?
(There was a time when women were only allowed to do the asking if it was a Leap Year. Specifically Leap Day.)
1879
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
by W. S. Gilbert (book) and Arthur Sullivan (music)
The story concerns Frederic, who, having completed his 21st year, is released from his apprenticeship to a band of tender-hearted pirates. He meets Mabel, the daughter of
Major-General Stanley, and the two young people fall instantly in love. Frederic soon learns, however, that he was born on the 29th of February, and so, technically, he has a birthday only once each Leap Year. His indenture specifies that he remain apprenticed to the pirates until his "twenty-first birthday" meaning that he must serve for another 63 years.