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Professor Branestawm Stories

The Dribblesome Teapots and Other Incredible Stories

The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm

The Peculiar Triumph Of Professor Branestawm

A series of children's modern classic novels by renowned 20th century children's writers. All the titles in this series have the A Puffin Book logo, contemporary-style covers, and child-friendly endnotes.

Green Smoke

The Call of the Wild

Kiki's Delivery Service

Sword of Fire

Finn Family Moomintroll

Comet in Moominland

The Exploits of Moominpappa

Moominsummer Madness

Moominland Midwinter

Tales from Moominvalley

Moominpappa at Sea

Moominvalley in November

Laughter is an Egg

Tales from Watership Down

The Whale Rider

Chinese Cinderella

45th Anniversary Edition

The Neverending Story

Watership Down

Stig of the Dump

The Little Prince

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The ingenious Professor Branestawm is always inventing weird and wonderful things, such as a burglar-catching machine, or a pancake-slipping device, and a spring-cleaning machine! But housekeeper Mrs Flittersnoop is exasperated as the Professor's inventions alway seem to make life far more complicated than it was before...

Meet the most eccentric inventor ever in THE INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES OF PROFESSOR BRANESTAWM by Norman Hunter.<br/>
The wonderfully eccentric Professor Branestawm is always inventing weird and wonderful things, such as a  devise to capture burglars, and a spring-cleaning machine! But housekeeper Mrs Flittersnoop is at her wit's end as the Professor's inventions always make life far more complicated than it was before!<br/>
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With the wonderfully inventive original illustrations throughout by W. Heath Robinson, Professor Branestawm is as funny as he was when he first appeared in A Puffin Story Book in 1947.

Norman Hunter (1899-1995) was born near London. After serving in the army in the First World War, he became a copy-writer for various advertising agencies. He was also a conjuror and held the prestigious title of Associate of the Inner Magic Circle. Norman Hunter is most famous for his Professor Branestawm books which he began in 1933.

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