Akimbo and the Elephants: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Akimbo series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Akimbo and the Elephants audiobook runs 0.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Alexander McCall Smith (about 0.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 0.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day | 1 day |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 1 day |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 0.9 hours, it is shorter than 59% of the 37,584 Kids audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Akimbo
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 1.8 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 3.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Akimbo And The Lions | 1 hrs |
| 2 | Akimbo and the Crocodile Man | 0.8 hrs |
| 3 | Akimbo and the Elephants | 0.9 hrs |
| 4 | Akimbo and the Snakes | 0.8 hrs |
More narrated by Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander McCall Smith narrates 11 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 23 hours in all.
About as long, on the Kids shelf
1,324 Kids audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2015 recording read by Alexander McCall Smith runs about the same length (1 hours).
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Akimbo and the Elephants is book 3 of Alexander McCall Smith's Akimbo series: a 0.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Alexander McCall Smith, released February 13, 2008, on the Kids shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 0.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Alexander McCall Smith
- Released
- February 13, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Kids
- Series
- Akimbo #3
- ISBN
- 9781440795480
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Akimbo and the Elephants audiobook?
Akimbo and the Elephants runs 0.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.6 hours.
Is the Akimbo and the Elephants audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Akimbo and the Elephants?
Akimbo and the Elephants is narrated by Alexander McCall Smith.