THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM – 1963

ABC BOOKBy: Wyeth Jeffery

A A is for Alabama, because the Watsons go to

Alabama for there vacation.

B B is for Bomb, because the church was

bombed.

C C is for Car, because they take a long drive to

Alabama that takes many days.

D D is for Death because of the 4 girls who died

in the bombing.

E

E is for Emergency because the church was bombed.

F F is for the fire mama was going to burn

Byron with.

G G is all the gas the Watsons used when going

to Birmingham.

H H is the heat from the Alabama sun.

I I is for intelligence. Why is I for Intelligence? Because Kenny is smarter than most all

people in his school.

J J is Joetta Kenny’s little sister.

K K stands for King because By was the King of

the school.

L L is for By’s lips that got stuck to the car in

the cold.

M M stands for the mirror By got his lips stuck

on.

N N is for Joey, because she is so nice.

O O is Ohio. Ohio is where the Watsons stopped on the

mountain and took a break from driving.

P P is for Poindexter. Poindexter is the rude name that was given

to Kenny on the bus because he was a nerd.

Q Q stands for the quietness from when Kenny

was in the “World- famous Watson pet hospital”

R R is for Rufus, my favorite character in the

story.

S S is for the south. The south is where they went on vacation

and where Kenny’s mom was from.

T T is for “The Weird Watsons”. “The Weird Watsons” is what some of the

neighbors called Kenny’s family because of some of the weird things they did.

U U stands for Ultra-Glide. The Ultra-Glide is the Brown Bombers record

player. The Watsons listened to the ultra-glide most

of the way to birmingham.

V V is for Vandalism because of all the times

Byron vandalized things.

W W is the Wool Pooh. Wool Pooh is the pretend monster that Byron

makes up to try and scare Kenny so he wont go to Collier’s Landing.

X

Y Y stands for Yakety Yak. Yakety Yak is Kenny’s favorite song.

Z

THE END