Professor Puffendorfs Secret Potions

by Robin Tzannes and Korky Paul

Book Overview

"An amusing cautionary tale about unscrupulous laboratory assistants" ("The New York Times Book Review"). "(An) utterly wacky story . . . a terrific blend of stylish wit and slapstick, matched in kind... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1562882678
• ISBN13: 9781562882679
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Holmes & Meier Publishers
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.8" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Fourfields Community Primary School (Moles Class)

A really funny story about a scientist, her assistant and her guinea-pig named Chip. The scientist leaves her assistant alone in the labortory. He starts using the potion to experiement on the guinea-pig. There are all sorts of strange reactions and in the end everything back fires on the assistant. A light hearted and enjoyable story. Liked by nearly all the of the Moles class.

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This is a *delightful* book that I wish I'd had when I was a kid. The story is a little jewel--funny and simply perfect as it is. And the *pictures*! Lord, the pictures are wonderful. One could look at them for hours--a child could look at them throughout childhood--and be endlessly delighted by the details, the colors, the pure charm. Even the endpapers of the book, with their pictures of Professor Puffendorf's inventions, are worth looking at for a long while. Can't wait for tomorrow night's bedtime reading! Reviewed by Debra Hamel, author of Trying Neaira: The True Story of a Courtesan's Scandalous Life in Ancient Greece

Two thumbs up!

Funny! Funny! Funny! The characters will keep you and your children laughing. Good story line and a very cute ending. Young or old...it doesn't matter. This is a page turner for the entire family to enjoy.