Professor Branestawm Stories
By (Author) Norman Hunter
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Red Fox
3rd April 2017
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
823.912
Paperback
304
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 19mm
213g
There are stories illustrated in black and white by a number of illustrators from Heath Robinson to artists from the present day. This bargain book also includes tricks and inventions to try at home, and puzzles and quizzes to keep you guessing. Hours of fun for all the family!! He's madly sane and cleverly dotty. Professor Branestawm is the craziest genius you'll ever meet and he's back with this bumper collection of hilarious adventures, zany inventions and mind-boggling experiments. So open up for a wacky collection of stories, riddles, puzzles, tricks and tips . . . You'll never get the better of Professor Branestawn but now you can at least get the best!
Professor Branestawm and Mrs Flittersnoop have been part of our family since before time began. It's thrilling to welcome back the lunatic genious of our beloved Norman Hunter * Joanna Lumley *
Norman Hunter was born in 1899 in Sydenham, London. After leaving school he became an advertising copywriter. He also began, in 1915, giving performances of conjuring. His first Professor Branestawm book was published in 1933. After living in South Africa, he returned to England in 1969 where he lived by the river at Staines until his death in 1995.