Akimbo and the Baboons - Hardcover

McCall Smith, Alexander

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 159990215X ISBN 13: 9781599902159

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens, 2008

Synopsis

Akimbo is excited to have his cousin, Kosi, visit him on the game reserve where he lives,. and when a visiting scientist invites the boys to join her when she studies a pack of baboons, they can't wait to assist her in the bush. The baboons they find are fun to observe, but when a black leopard threatens the pack―and the scientist―Akimbo and Kosi are reminded that danger is ever present in the African bush. Alexander McCall Smith takes young readers on a safari to his beloved Africa in this perfect first chapter book, beautifully brought to life with illustrations by LeUyen Pham.

About this title

About the Author:

ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH has written more than fifty books, including the bestselling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency mysteries, The Sunday Philosophy Club series, and many children's stories, including the Akimbo, Harriet Bean, and Max and Maddy series. A professor of medical law at Edinburgh University, he was born in what is now Zimbabwe and currently lives in Scotland.

www.alexandermccallsmith.com

LEUYEN PHAM illustrated five previous Akimbo stories, as well as numerous picture books, including Freckleface Strawberry, by Julianne Moore, and Big Sister, Little Sister, which LeUyen also wrote. She lives in San Francisco, CA with her husband and young son.

www.leuyenpham.com

Review:

Praise for Akimbo:
“After a hiatus of thirteen years, McCall Smith has revived the intelligent, brave and very likeable Akimbo with a fourth book, Akimbo and the Snakes. . . . [T]he easy and masterful storytelling voice of McCall Smith . . . [is] tuned to a children’s reading level.” –The Globe and Mail

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 159990215X
• ISBN 13: 9781599902159
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 80
• Illustrator: Pham LeUyen