The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm

from MyopicBookworm

I thought these stories were wonderful when I was about 9, and I still do. My favourite story ('The Professor Borrows a Book') will have a special resonance for many on LibraryThing. The professor cannot find the copy of The Life and Likings of a Lobster that he has borrowed from Great Pagwell li...

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I remember reading this as a child in the orange and black Penguin edition. I'm not sure why. It must have been something to do with the absurdity of the inventions and the language. Later I picked up a copy of the 75th diamond anniversary published by Red Fox in 2008 and read the chapter about t...

from electrascaife

Professor Branestawm is an absent-minded inventor who has five different pairs of glasses (at the same time) and gets into all sorts of crazy situations. This one didn't do much for me. It seems like a bedtime story that a parent is making up haphazardly as he goes along, without much thought inv...

from Michael.Rimmer

I read this when I was about 7, so there's not much I remember about it now, some 40-odd years later. However, I do remember it so it obviously made a favourable impression on me at the time. Or maybe it's where I was reading it that makes it memorable, as I have a very strong sense of place abou...

from debnance

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 professo...