It(1)s brilliant that a book written in 1933 can still make a modern kid laugh like a drain CHARLIE HIGSON Still one of the immortals of childrens literature - Professor Branestawms continues to amuse generations of young readers. The wonderfully nutty, fabulously entertaining mishaps of Professor Branestawm. Hes madly sane and cleverly dotty. Professor Branestawm is the most absent-minded inventor youll ever meet and no matter how hard he tries his brilliant ideas never seem to keep him out of crazy scrapes.