Farshore The Akimbo Adventures (HarperCollins Childrens Classics).

Akimbo #4-5

by Alexander McCall Smith

Three classic adventure tales from the bestselling author of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, now together in paperback for the first time.













Imagine living in the heart of Africa. Imagine living in a place where the sun rises every morning over blue mountains.













Akimbo and his parents live on the edge of an African game reserve. It's his father's task to protect the thousands of amazing animals who make it their home, and wildlife-loving Akimbo dreams of helping him. In these three adventures, Akimbo protects elephants from poachers, saves a lion cub from a trap, and rescues a man from a crocodile!













This 3-in-1 collection contains Akimbo and the Elephants, Akimbo and the Lions and Akimbo and the Crocodile Man.













Fans of The Jungle Book and the Just So Stories will love these stories of wild animals and thrilling adventures.













Alexander McCall Smith grew up in Zimbabwe and then moved to Scotland. He was a professor of Medical Law and has written almost 100 books, including the well-loved and bestselling No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series. He lives in Edinburgh.













Illustrator Peter Bailey has worked with some of Britain's best-known authors and poets, including Allan Ahlberg, Dick King-Smith, Michael Morpurgo and Philip Pullman.

288 pages, Paperback

First published February 4, 2013

About the author

Alexander McCall Smith is the author of the international phenomenon The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, the Isabel Dalhousie Series, the Portuguese Irregular Verbs series, and the 44 Scotland Street series. He is professor emeritus of medical law at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and has served on many national and international bodies concerned with bioethics. He was born in what is now known as Zimbabwe and he was a law professor at the University of Botswana. He lives in Scotland. Visit him online at www.alexandermccallsmith.com, on Facebook, and on Twitter.

Reviews

[The Youngs · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 year old's review : I read it with Mummy, some pages I read, some Mummy read. My favourite part was when Akimbo helped John to stay alive. He also helped stop poachers and brought up a lion cub. It is an action book, sometimes I felt a bit of suspense.

[Beth Deakin · Rating 3 out of 5]

An easy read for a Year 3 class novel. The stories are long enough to build excitement and short enough to not lose interest!

[Kristi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read aloud with my 7-year-old. We loved the adventures in Africa!