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Leap into Fun! February 2024
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The Infinite
by Patience Agbabi
Leaplings, children born on the 29th of February, are very rare. Rarer still are Leaplings with The Gift – the ability to leap through time. Elle Bíbi-Imbelé Ifíè has The Gift and on her twelfth birthday, Elle and her best friend Big Ben travel to the Time Squad Centre in 2048. Elle has received a mysterious warning from the future: Other Leaplings are disappearing in time – and not everyone at the centre can be trusted.
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The time-thief
by Patience Agbabi
It’s mid-summer’s day and thirteen-year-old Elle and her Leapling classmates are visiting the Museum of the Past, the Present and the Future. But on the day of the school trip, disaster strikes: an artifact, the Infinity-Glass, is stolen and worse still, Elle’s friend is arrested for the crime! To prove his innocence Elle must leap back centuries in time and face dangers unlike any she has ever known. Can Elle find the missing Infinity-Glass and return it to its rightful home before it’s too late?
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Squirrels leap, squirrels sleep
by April Pulley Sayre
Enjoy collage-style art paired with lyrical text in this introduction to the world of squirrels that depicts them climbing, storing seeds, making homes and flying through treetops.
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Grasshoppers
by Patrick Perish
This book introduces grasshoppers to young readers through leveled text and related photos.
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Frogs: awesome amphibians
by Liz Prince
There's a lot to love about frogs! From tiny tadpoles in water to boisterous bullfrogs on land, the life cycle of these amphibious acrobats is one of the coolest examples of metamorphosis around. So pull up a lily pad and dive in, because the frog facts in this book will truly give you something to croak about!
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Being frog
by April Pulley Sayre
This photographic introduction to the fascinating world of frogs has close-up images of frogs sitting, eating and leaping through different stages of their life cycle and in their natural environments.
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A frog's life
by Irene Kelly
An introduction to the world's frog species covers the basics of a frog's life cycle, different hunting techniques, preferred foods, body types, and methods of defense
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Tree frogs
by Mari C. Schuh
This photo-illustrated book for early readers tells the story of a tree frog's life in the rain forest.
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Nobody likes frogs: a book of toadally fun facts
by Barbara Davis-Pyles
"Why would you pick up a book about frogs? Nobody likes them!" Or at least that is what Persnickety Q. Turtle says. But in this humorous and informative picture book the reader soon helps educate Persnickety about the incredible creature known as the frog.
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