This day-by-day picture book is designed to help young readers to discover all about what makes the year of their birth special. It is an illustrated diary, giving an account of important newsworthy events, ranging from national disasters to slanderous gossip, from the horrifying to the humourous. This book also contains one important, more lengthy, article per month and a weather report for every month. Packed full of exciting, interesting, and sometimes bizarre new items this special book will make an important keepsake for a child born in the appropriate year.