More people should read the Professor Branestawm books by Norman Hunter. I don't know anyone else who has read them, or even heard about them. I love the eccentric character and how he has so many pairs of glasses which he wears all at the same time. He is so busy thinking of ideas for inventions that he doesn't think about everyday simple things, which is funny. When his inventions go wrong (and they always do) I laugh out loud and I laugh a lot.

I like his housekeeper Mrs. Flittersnoop and his friend Colonel Deadshott. The pancake making machine is my favourite invention. Read the story to find out why!

The language is quite formal as the books were written in the 1930s, but this adds to the atmosphere and the comedy. If I was going to give a mark out of 10 it would be 9 (I never give 10!) These books are original with just the right amount of hilarity and inventiveness.

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