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Books With Leap
Year themes...
...about Leap Year in General or that have stories regarding
the above.
Click on the book to be taken to more information about it.
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THE
PIRATES OF PENZANCE
William S. Gilbert and Arthur S. Sullivan,
- (written in the
1870s)
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If you like musicals,
pirates that really aren't all that bad, and you are
into Leap Year Day, then
this book or movie is for you. The book is quite good, and
entertaining, but the film version with
Kevin Kline, Rex Smith and Linda Ronstadt was utterly delightful.
The perfect Pirate King,
Kevin Kline was subpurb. I did not realize he was so musically inKlined. I know
he's funny, but in
this, he was unmatchable. |
G.
Schirmer, Inc.
version of P of P by
Gilbert and Sullivan |
“When
Frederic was yet a little boy, his nurse (Ruth) was
told to apprentice him
to become a pilot. She heard the word incorrectly and
apprenticed him to a band
of pirates, remaining with them herself as a
maid-of-all-work. Although Frederic
loathed the trade to which he had thus been bound, he
dutifully served and, as
the curtain rises, his indentures are almost up and her is
preparing to leave the
band and devote himself to the extermination of piracy. His indentures
were to run
until his twenty-first birthday, and – as he was born on February 29
– he has
really has as yet only five birthdays. Obeying the dictates of his strong sense of
duty, he immediately rejoins the pirates.”
From
the G. Schirmer, Inc. version of Pirates of Penzance
by Gilbert and Sullivan.
It's
very funny. If you like musicals, this one is
wonderfully fun.
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The
Leap Year Girl
by Berta
Ruck, LY1924
Amy Roberta (Berta)
Ruck (1878-1978) was born in
Muree, India, and was the oldest of eight children.
Over the course of her 100 years she wrote more
than 100 books. They included novels and her family
history. Her books were modern-day romances. She
also wrote autobiographical works; Ancestral Voices,
(1972), was her last book.
In 1922, Ruck found her name in the Virginia Woolf
novel Jacob's
Room; the name "Berta Ruck,"
appeared on a tombstone. Woolf chose the name at random, and this coincidence lead to a
correspondence between the two authors.
In 1924 The Leap-Year Girl arrived in bookstores.
Another one of Berta’s romances. It's a delightful story
about the bravery a young woman has in expressing
herself. It is set in present time 1924. It was not
"proper" for a young lady to speak her mind. But
this
is 1924. Women should be able to do anything a man can do. Why
not? And, it's a Leap Year. |
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Glints
of Glengonnar,
A Series of Stories
There
are six pen & ink illustrations by Arthur
Ferrier.
Published in 1910 in Glasgow, Scotland, it is a 171
page hardback book that includes the following
stories:
Merlins
Cairn, Ragginhill Cairn, Easie, Hooin Tammy,
Aggie, Easies Ludger, Aggie in Love, The Dr's Visit,
Miss Johnston's First Fit, Henny & Houpie,
and...
A Leap Year Wooing. |
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The
Leap Year Book
by Barbara
Sutton-Smith, LY2000 |
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This
is the most comprehensive book on the subject yet.
From Legends and Folklore, to all about Leap Year cards
and postcards from the early 1900s. Significant events
that
happened in a Leap Year
as well as people born on Leap Day. |
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even a picture of Raenell on page 60 (she was
born in 1960) where the Honor Society of Leap
Day Babies is mentioned. The book is illustrated by Tina
Holdcroft with beautiful color and
humor. To purchase the book click here. |
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A
story
about a boy
named Miles
who was born on
February 29 |
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On
Saturday Miles will be celebrating his
birthday.
Although he is happy about his birthday there
seems
to be some confusion about how old Miles will
be.
Will
he be eight or will he be just two?
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purchase the book click here. |
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LEAP DAY
A young adult novel by Wendy
Mass, about a girl who turns 16 on her 4th
birthday.
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