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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Norman Hunter was born in 1899 in Sydenham, London. After leaving school and finishing what he described as a 'course of all-in wrestling with typewriters', he became an advertising copywriter. He also began, in 1915, giving performances of conjuring, and made over two hundred appearances at Maskelyne and Devants. His first Branestawm book was published in 1933. After the Second World War, Norman Hunter moved to South Africa, where he continued to work in advertising. Conjuring was still one of his spare time occupations. He returned to England in 1969 where he lived near the river at Staines until his death in 1995.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Original, inventive and funny book for 7-10 year olds,
This review is from: The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm (Hardcover)
Professor Branestawm is the archetypal eccentric English professor. The stories are about his amazing inventions which always go wrong and lead to amusing results. For example, he once invented a pancake-making machine which goes berserk at its inauguration: " 'Whizz pop whizz pop pop pop poppety pop pop,' faster and ever so much faster flew the pancakes. Thicker and thicker. Bigger and bigger. They came out flatways and edgeways. They shot high in the air and stuck to the ceiling. One sailed across the room and hit the Vicar in the waistcoat, where it may or may not have reminded him of the ironholders for the South Crashbania natives. Pop poppety, pop pop pop. It was like a machine gun but much more sploshy. The Professor struggled out of his pancake just in time for another one to drop over him. Two pancakes were on the clock, four were draped over the light. The Mayor was eating his way through a complete set of pancakes of varying sizes that had fallen in front of him. The four firemen put their helmets on and brandished their axes, but only succeeded in smashing two cups, one saucer and the sugar basin. Mrs Flittersnoop put her head gingerly out from under the table and was immediately gummed to the carpet by a three-foot pancake two inches thick that had just shot out." This book is a compendium of 14 such short stories. The language may in places be a little dated, but its originality makes it a classic. My father read it to me and I hope my children share it with theirs. If you can obtain a copy with the original Heath Robinson illustrations, all the better.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not Free SF Reader,
By Blue Tyson "- Research Finished" (Legion clubhouse) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm (Puffin Books) (Paperback)
Wacky inventor problems.Your good natured crazy inventor guy and kids collection here, quite entertaining. From automated cricket bowling machines to schemes to prevent library fines when you have misplaced the same book from a dozen different libraries. A fair bit of fun to be had in your 'jolly good, wot' style of English humour.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful for Elementary Age Children,
This review is from: The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm (Naxos Junior Classics) (Audio CD)
This 4 CD set is over 4 hours of funny stories that detail The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm. He is a zany, eccentric English professor who creates amazing inventions that all flop and go wrong. Your child will laugh out loud with delight as they listen to Professor Branestawm's excitement as he creates, builds and invents only to hear the final explosions and failures of his craftsmanship. With zany inventions like a device to capture and tie up burglars, a spring-cleaning machine and more your own child's imagination and creativity will be sparked and their thought processes pushed a little further as to the possibilities thanks to Professor Branestawm's zaniness. This is a fantastic audiobook for children of all ages.
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