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BOOKS WITH
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LEAP YEAR THEME
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Leap Day
Written by Catherine Samuel
Illustrations by S.I. International
2005 Disney Enterprises, Inc.
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BIRTHDAY... FINALLY!
If you're a
"Leap Year Day child" you are sure to relate
to Miles. He wants
to be 8, not 2. There are many of us
who can relate to that.
Hhis Aunt Mamie, also born on Leap Day, turns 88, or
uh, 22 I mean, in the
story.
This is the
first book I've ever read where I can
relate to the main character
because of his Leapness. That is so cool.
Kids and adults alike will love it,
I have no doubt.
The placement
of Leap Year facts is clever so as not to
interrupt the story
with boring facts. Instead, it adds to the
story and it flows perfectly.
Michelle
Whitaker Winfrey did such a fantastic job
writing this story about
her son, the Leap Day Baby. The illustration
is beautiful too. It really adds
to the story.
On a scale
from 1 to 10 I give this book a 29! I hope
you'll get a copy for
yourself and the children in your life. And
if you can, get a copy for your
local elementary school so other kids can
learn about what it's like to NOT
have your birthday show up on the calendar
every year! |
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LEAP DAY
by Wendy Mass, 2004
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A young adult novel by Wendy
Mass,
about a girl who turns 16 on her 4th
birthday. Written like a diary entry,
we experience all that the birthday
girl goes through from the beginning
of her Leap Day birthday, to the very
end. It's a full day too! |
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Written
by Barbara Sutton-Smith, illustrated by Tina Holdcroft
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The
Honor Society of Leap Day Babies is mentioned on page 60 and there's a
picture of
Raenell Dawn on page
61!
THE
LEAP YEAR BOOK is a great source for those
interested in what Leap Year is
and what might have happened, not only IN a
Leap Year, but also what happened ON
Leap Year Day. Did you know the Titanic sank
in a Leap Year? It's a great find for those
Trivia Buffs on your list!
The author offers wonderful images and
information on the phenomenon of Leap Year
Postcards. They were prolific in the early
1900s. From 1904 to around 1916. And many
famous artists and poets designed some of
them.
The book is
full of fun and interesting facts about Leap
Year and will make a great gift for
anyone. One consideration could be to purchase
one for your local library, and one for your
local elementary school library. The
illustrations are fabulous too. It's a great
find, this book,
you might have to order it through your
local bookstore or online!
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LEOPOLD'S
LONG AWAITED LEAP YEAR
BIRTHDAY
Written by Dawn Desjardin's
Illustrated by C.E. LocanderWhat a delightful story
for the
preschool and kindergarten ages.
Dawn has included this young
age group in learning the facts
of Leap Year.
With compassion for one who
doesn't see a birth date for 4
whole years, children will learn,
along with Leopold, about this
special date, February 29. |
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LEAP YEAR ROMANCE
by Berta
Ruck,
1957Amy 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. |
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LEAP YEAR BRIDE
by Laura Lou Brookman, LY1932 |
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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,
good for
preteens and teenagers. And adults too! |
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THE PIRATES OF
PENZANCE
William
S. Gilbert and Arthur S. Sullivan, (c 1879) |
G. Schirmer, Inc.
version of P of P
by
Gilbert and Sullivan |
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“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 he 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 had 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, the
version of the movie starring Linda Ronstadt,
Kevin Kline and Rex Smith, is delightfully fun." - Raenell
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