Tomie has his own diary with a lock and a key&150now he can write down
all his secrets and no one 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 hears news on
the radio that changes everything. Master storyteller Tomie dePaola
takes us back to 1941 and lets us experience what life was like growing
up in the dePaola household.