Tomie has his own diary with a lock and a key-now he can write down all his secrets and no will be able to read them. All through the year, exciting things happen and Tomie writes about them in his diary. Sledding down the steep hill on his new Junior Flexible Flyer, being a pirate in the dance recital, and starting second grade with real art lessons at last! Then one Sunday morning Tomie’s family hear news on the radio that changes everything. Master storyteller Tomie DePaola takes us back to 1941 and let us experience what life was like growing up in the DePaola household.