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Akimbo and the Elephants | 
 enlarge | Author: Alexander Mccall Smith
Publisher: Egmont Books Ltd
Category: Book
List Price: £3.99
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 5150
Media: Paperback
Pages: 96
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 0.4
ISBN: 1405218118
EAN: 9781405218115
ASIN: 1405218118
Publication Date: April 4, 2005
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Condition: Brand new and in stock - usually dispatched within 48 hours and delivered 1st Class by Royal Mail from the UK. International Delivery is by Airmail.
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Akimbo Versus the Ivory Poachers May 28, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Although this book is described as being for the 4-8 year-old group, it seemed to me more like a 7-9 year-old book that might well appeal more to boys than to girls (based on having had two of each in our family).
I was attracted to the book by realizing that the various animal-related stories that Alexander McCall Smith includes in his No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency books were among my favorite parts of those books. It occurred to me that the Akimbo books might have such stories in them.
Well, not quite . . . but the series is full of Akimbo learning about wild animals, the threats to animals from people, and deals with the problems through Akimbo's brave deeds. Children like to see themselves playing important roles in the world, and Akimbo and the Elephants is very good for appealing to that desire.
Akimbo's father works as a ranger at a game preserve in Africa where some near-by villagers have been killing elephants to take the tusks to sell to ivory carvers. Akimbo decides that he will put a stop to this practice, and his adventures provide for a good story that will keep your attention . . . even if you are well over the age of 9.
The book is nicely illustrated which adds to the realism of the story.
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