How to Make Diamonds from Your Pencils

Bonkers dilemmas that can be solved with science and a bunch of brilliant chemistry experiments.
Survive at sea with pirates!
Carry a dinosaur egg across the jungle!
Send secret messages!
Make diamonds from pencils!
Explore a bunch of ridiculous (and not-so-ridiculous) dilemmas – with solutions from the astonishing world of chemistry.
Sounds unbelievable? Test the science for yourself, with easy-to-follow experiments throughout!
What are you waiting for? Let’s become millionaires!
Written by bestselling and award-winning author Swapna Haddow, with brilliantly funny colour illustrations from award-winning illustrator Jess Bradley.
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AND
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Publisher: Red Shed
Date: March 2026
Illustrations: Jess Bradley
ISBN: 9780008713362






