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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

slacker by Gordon Korman

LEAP DAY AND OTHER STORIES Francis M. Nevins 2003

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 NOTEBOOK OF DOOM by Troy Cummings
Disneys Leap Year Day Book

2005

LEAP DAY

A Read with Pooh...All Year Through! Series by Disney

Tigger finds out about Leap Day..

LEOPOLD'S LONG AWAITED LEAP YEAR BIRTHDAY by Dawn Desjardins, author, and C.E. Locander, illustrator

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.

Mommy, Where's My Birthday? by Lakisha Cornell

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? 

LEAP'S DAY Stephanie Bee Simmons

2011

LEAP'S DAY
Stephanie Bee Simmons

Leap's Day is a story about the calendar, friendship and the things that make us special. 

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY...FINALLY! A Leap Year Story by Michelle Whitaker Winfrey

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?

IT'S NOT LEAP YEAR THIS YEAR! by Michelle W. Winfrey

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. 

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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!

THE KANGAROO WHO COULDN'T STOP by Robert Cox and Jim Robins

2004

THE KANGAROO WHO COULDN'T STOP

by Robert Cox and Jim Robins

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STINK MOODY BOOKS
Stink was born on February 29!

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THE TRUTH ABOUT FEBRURY

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.

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February the 29th by Kenneth Steven

2009

FEBRUARY THE 29TH

by Kenneth Steven

RING OF FIRE The Century Quartet, by P. D. Baccalario 2010

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.

STAR OF STONE The Century Quartet, by P. D. Baccalario 2011

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.

CITY OF WIND The Century Quartet, by P. D. Baccalario 2012

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.

DRAGON OF SEAS The Century Quartet, by P. D. Baccalario 2012

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.

Robbie and the Leap Year Blues by Norma Klein

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.

LEAP DAY by Wendy Mass

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.

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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...

WHAT IN THE WORLD IS A LEAP YEAR?

2013

WHAT IN THE WORLD IS A LEAP YEAR?

Explains units of time measurement, including a year, a decade, and a fortnight.

LEAP DAY a novel by Larry W. Payton Jr.

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.

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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)

THE LEAP YEAR GIRL by Burta Ruck

1924

THE LEAP YEAR GIRL

by Burta Ruck

LEAP YEAR ROMANCE by Berta Ruck

1957

LEAP YEAR ROMANCE

by Berta Ruck

LEAP YEAR BRIDE by Laura Lou Brookman

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.)

​ THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE by W. S. Gilbert (book) and Arthur Sullivan (music)

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.

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