Eccentric, absent-minded inventor Professor Branestawm, with three or four glasses stacked up over his bald head (and he still cant find them) embarks on a series of adventures with his friend Colonel Dedshott. Various machines are invented: a time travel machine, a device to capture and tie up burglars, and a spring cleaning machine. Inevitably, something goes wrong and Professor Branestawm is again in a pickle, exasperating his housekeeper Mrs Flittersnoop and delighting us.
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Martin Jarvis reads The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm by Norman Hunter. Unbelievably, these tales were first published in 1933 and sound as if they'd been written today. Branestawm is the epitome of the mad professor, inventing a machine that gets you where you want to go before you've even left, a spring cleaning machine that doesn't quite work as intended, and all sorts of other things that will have 7 -11 year-olds hugging themselves with glee. Beautifully appropriate music, a Naxos signature, adds to the pleasure. --- Kati Nicholl, Daily Express
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
By Ian Spencer
Format:Paperback
Professor Branestawm was a classic on a par with (and of the same era as) Winnie the Pooh: these are funny short stories of the Professor who is brilliant, eccentric and forgetful. He inventions always work, but usually are fatally flawed. Set in the 1930s, he occupies his bachelor pad with Mrs Flittersnoop the housemaid who usually gets the wrong end of a bad experience of one of his inventions. Highlights are stories such as "The Too-Many Professors" where an elixir of life brings photographic characters out of the pictures, including a picture of the one-year old professor wearing nothing but a smile, half a policeman saying "Pass along p..." and generally far too many professors charging around.
The best thing about the book are the "seventy-six" illustrations by W Heath Robinson - he of rickety machine fame which make the book and perfectly complement the wildly imaginative stories. Wonderful for reading to the children (as an excuse to re-read them yourself).
The best thing about the book are the "seventy-six" illustrations by W Heath Robinson - he of rickety machine fame which make the book and perfectly complement the wildly imaginative stories. Wonderful for reading to the children (as an excuse to re-read them yourself).
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By K. Clayden
Format:Paperback
I bought this book together with another Professor Branestawm book, for my two older grandsons (8 and 7) at Christmas. Both are allowed time before 'lights out' to read in bed and when saying goodnight to the 7 year old saw him tucking into a chapter or two with relish. This is a second generation thing - our daughters both read and enjoyed these books 30 years ago and. I think, watched dramatisations on TV. Despite having been written a good few years ago, they still stand up today. My grandsons also love Captain Underpants (what boy wouldn't) and these books are just as crazily amusing.
36 of 39 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
This book appeals to 8 to 11 year olds with an interest in home spun technology and foreseeable disasters. Fans of the Chuckle Brothers will recognise the genre. The inventions and science are broadly based in reality, but never actually work. My rather serious 9 year old giggles non-stop at the antics. Our favourite stories include the chemical which makes photogaphs come to life resulting in multiple Professor Branestawms of various ages from baby upward and one where the Professor loses a library book and tours the area's librarys... Great Fun.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
By Sarah Curran
Format:Paperback
I give this book five stars because it was so frequently requested but I dreaded it being chosen for night time reading, personally I find the stories unfunny and the language old fashioned but my son loved them, they really appeal to kids with a sense of humour and interest in technology. Have to say that the illustrations are great though.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By dolly
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Bought this for my grandson's as i had for my own son and daughter when they were younger. Lots of laughter then as now, brilliant every child should have a copy!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Mr F Dunbar
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I love reading novels but Professor Branestawm are the best stories, I started reading these books when I was in year 6 and still today I find time to read a couple of Professor Branestawm stories.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By fred
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Highly recommended. I had fond memories of this from childhood and my son raced through it with much hilarity. Harmless exploits of the archetype nutty inventer
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Ellie P
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Bought this for a Christmas present for my son as he liked it when a youngster. He loved it said it had no lost anythin in the years between and thinks it would still please a youngster today
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Great book but wasn't very well packaged so it was a bit tatty by the time it arrived which was a shame.
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The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm (paperback)Red Fox...
The red fox (paper back,2008)edition: The stories are very good. however, the paper quality is very bad. It is like newspaper..
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