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.