1. Written and Illustrated by The Brainy Bunch

2. Austin ABCs Written and Illustrated by The Brainy Bunch Ms. Hardin’s Second Grade Class © November 2007 The Brainy Bunch Publishing Co. Gullett Elementary School Austin, Texas Atiyeh Will Addie May Anthony Aly Caleb Emma Ames Nathan Rachel Oscar Abigail Eric Fischer Brenton Julia Addie Seth Sami AJ This presentation is the original work of second grade students. Therefore there are some mistakes. Please be tolerant of this and understand mistakes are part of the learning process.

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4. A is for ancient theatre. The Paramount Theatre is over 100 years old.

5. Barton Springs is a place for fun! Barton Springs is a good place to go. I think you will get wet. Barton Springs makes people have fun.

6. C is for capitol. The capitol is a building that is made of pink granite rock.

7. D is for Driskill Hotel. The Driskill Hotel is one of the oldest hotels in Austin.

8. E is for Elisabet Ney museum. Elisabet Ney museum is very big because a lot of people lived there. A lot of statues are on the bottom floor. It has a lot of passages to get on the roof.

9. F is for Franklin park F is for Franklin park.

10. G is for Mr. Gatti's. Mr. Gatti's is a one story restaurant.

11. H is for Harvey Penick, H-E-B, Hamilton Pool, & Hartman Prehistoric Garden. Harvey Penick was a legendary golf instructor, & a best selling author. He was a head golf professional at Austin Country Club for 33 Years. Birth: Oct. 23 1904. Death: Apr. 2, 1995. Hamilton Pool is Located 30 miles from Austin. The story of H-E-B began 100 years Ago. There are 300 stores & 56,000 employees. Facts about the Hartman Prehistoric Garden: 45,000 gallon waterfall, dinosaur prints, and prehistoric plants from the dinosaur age.

12. I is for Austin Ice bats. They are a hockey team. go team go 4

13. J is for Johnson house.

14. K is for Katz's

15. L is for Lamar. Lamar is a busy, loud street where my mom or dad will probably always drive me. But they only drive me to stores and stuff. It is a noisy,and very bad place. Still, it gets you places. (I do not like it.) Thing. Rain. road kill.

16. M is for May Field Park. May Field Park is next to Laguna Gloria and West Wood. They have peacocks, a pond and palm trees. West wood. They have p

17. O is for Orange Longhorns. The Orange Longhorns are the Texas National football team.

18. Q is for quiet neighborhoods. There are many quiet neighborhood in Austin.

19. R is for Rick Perry. He is the governor of Texas. He lives in the Governor’s mansion in Austin.

20. S is for Shoal Creek. I heard the coyotes are coming out on Shoal Creek. My brother kayaks there. I have a friend that lives close to Shoal Creek.

21. U is for U.T.tower. The U.T.tower is very well known.

22. V Is for Veloway. It is in southwest Austin.

23. W is for Wok “” Roll. It is a Chinese Restaurant. It has good food. Wok “n” roll is not a very big restaurant. Wok “n” Roll

24. X marks the spot for the governor’s mansion.

25. Z is for Zilker Park. At Zilker Park on Christmas they the trail of lights. The train has Christmas lights on it.