The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm

Miss Harrison, my temporary teacher in Junior 3 read this to us at the end of the day and I loved every minute of her readings of the whacky professor and his five pairs of spectacles and his coat done up with safety pins and his great inventions. I think Heath Robinson (hang on I'll check - yes) di......more

Incredible serendipity! Being a strong bibliophile, just lately (I am a senior) have been acquiring as many children's classics I once knew and loved and re-reading them. I make the rounds weekly of every used bookseller within a few local towns. Having not previously been familiar with Professor Br......more

2024: My boys chose to re-listen to this, and we loved it again! The audio narrator is fantastic. We heard of this book through the book list in A Place to Hang the Moon, and the audio is simply fantastic! This reminds me of Mr. Bean or Monty Python but for kids. It had us all laughing! My boys begg......more

How is it that this book has eluded me all my life? It should be in every library in the world. Yes, a worthy choice for 1001 Children’s Books You Must Read. Professor Branestawm (his last name, I learned, is a homophone of the word “brainstorm”) is a classic absent-minded professor. The professor sp......more