Akimbo and the Lions - Akimbo Author:Alexander McCall Smith, Mei Yim-Low (Illustrator) Akimbo, who lives "in the heart of Africa," conveys appreciation and respect for the African landscape, culture, and people, as well as a sense of the importance of wildlife conservation. — Akimbo accompanies his father, a wildlife ranger, on an investigation of lion attacks on an area farm, where Akimbo finds a lion cub. He takes over ... more »the cub's care, but when it gets older, the boy knows that he must return his beloved cub to the wild.
Akimbo emerges as a brave, caring protagonist who faces dilemmas and danger in the service of the animals and people he loves. (Grades 3-5)« less