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Norman Hunter (Author)
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Publication Date: 4 Sep 2008

Still one of the immortals of children's literature - Professor Branestawm's continues to amuse generations of young readers.

The wonderfully nutty, fabulously entertaining mishaps of Professor Branestawm. He's madly sane and cleverly dotty. Professor Branestawm is the most absent-minded inventor you'll ever meet and no matter how hard he tries his brilliant ideas never seem to keep him out of crazy scrapes.

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  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Red Fox (4 Sep 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1862307369
  • ISBN-13: 978-1862307360
  • Product Dimensions: 13 x 1.6 x 19.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 8,177 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"A triumph of child-friendly chaos" (Irish Examiner 20090103)

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A wonderful children's classic, complete with original W. Heath Robinson illustrations throughout.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Genuine All Time Classic 3 Jun 2007
By Ian Spencer
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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).
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm 4 Feb 2009
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.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A hilarious book for 8 to 11 year olds (particularly boys) 30 Jun 2000
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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.
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5.0 out of 5 stars LOL
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
Published 3 months ago by fred
5.0 out of 5 stars Still good thirty years on.
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... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Ellie P
3.0 out of 5 stars A bit battered...
Great book but wasn't very well packaged so it was a bit tatty by the time it arrived which was a shame.
Published 5 months ago by Elle
2.0 out of 5 stars 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..
Published 15 months ago by Ziyi Wang
5.0 out of 5 stars Love this book!
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!
Published on 17 May 2011 by dolly
5.0 out of 5 stars I've read lots of books but these stories are my all time favourite
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... Read more
Published on 25 Feb 2011 by Mr F Dunbar
5.0 out of 5 stars Five stars but mother dreads as bedtime choice ....
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... Read more
Published on 3 July 2007 by Sarah Curran
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