"Today is my birthday! Happy birthday to me! WOO-HOO!!!"
The Birthday Hunt is a LeapPad game including the interactive book and cartridge available in Leap 1. It is also available in the LeapPad Pro. It teaches math with numbers from 1-20, shapes, patterns, and money, and tells the tale of Leap's birthday.
Plot
Leap wakes up and realizes it's his birthday. Edison leads Leap to follow the clues to reveal his birthday present. He goes through many venues in Alphaville, and then goes up to Gramps' Attic. He opens the secret box and reveals roller skates, his new gift and says to the audience: "This is the BEST BIRTHDAY EVER!"
Characters
- Leap
- Lily
- Tad
- Mr. Frog (a.k.a. Dad)
- Mrs. Frog (a.k.a. Mom)
- Grandpa Frog (a.k.a. Gramps)
- Della (cameo appearance)
- Tim
- Casey (cameo appearance)
- Parker
- Dan (cameo appearance)
- Edison
- Freddy Fox
- Ron Rabbit
- Hannah Hippo
- Kit Kangaroo
Numbers 1-20
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
Shapes
- triangle
- square
- circle
- rectangle
- oval
- star
- diamond
- heart
Colors
- red
- yellow
- blue
- green
- orange
- purple
Mixtures
- blue and yellow make green
- red and blue make purple
- yellow and red make orange
Time on the Clock
Hours
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
Minutes
- 00
- 01
- 02
- 03
- 04
- 05
- 06
- 07
- 08
- 09
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 30
- 31
- 32
- 33
- 34
- 35
- 36
- 37
- 38
- 39
- 40
- 41
- 42
- 43
- 44
- 45
- 46
- 47
- 48
- 49
- 50
- 51
- 52
- 53
- 54
- 55
- 56
- 57
- 58
- 59
Breakfast Food Numbers
Mrs. Frog serves Leap and Edison some breakfast.
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
Money
Dollars and Cents
- 1 cent = penny
- 5 cents = nickel
- 10 cents = dime
- 25 cents = quarter
- $1.00 = dollar
Numbers With Words
- 1 one
- 2 two
- 3 three
- 4 four
- 5 five
- 6 six
- 7 seven
- 8 eight
- 9 nine
- 10 ten
- 11 eleven
- 12 twelve
- 13 thirteen
- 14 fourteen
- 15 fifteen
- 16 sixteen
- 17 seventeen
- 18 eighteen
- 19 nineteen
- 20 twenty
Animals in the Zoo
Leap and Edison find the animals in a zoo.
- elephant
- giraffe
- lion
- zebra
- rhinoceros
- monkey
- hippopotamus
- turtle
- snake
- hyena
- parrot
- vulture
- turtle
- snake
Musical Instruments
The marching band of musical instruments comes to Leap and Edison.
- flute
- trumpet
- trombone
- tuba
- bass drum
Game
A present icon is at the bottom of the page to play a game.
Trivia
- Grandpa Frog narrates the poem. The speaker tells the instructions.
- Leap is stated to be 9 years old in this book.
- Prior to this, he was 8 years old, as revealed in Leap Tries Again.
- There are hidden numbers in every scene.
- A marching band (Freddy, Ron, Hannah, Kit, 2 unknown) comes through Leap.
- Leap and Edison visit different places.
- This book contains verses. The other book is Tad Goes Shopping.
- Evidence is revealed for Leap and Lily's birthday:
- Leap's birthday is on years that are divisible by four called "leap years."
- Lily's birthday is in 74 days. After this book, Lily turns 6 years old.
- Prior to this, she was 5 from Lil's Loose Tooth (Leap into Learning) until the LeapFrog Schoolhouse book The Bike Race.
- Leap's presents come in colors and stripes.
