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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Experiments in How to Make Diamonds From Your Pencils:
Secret Messages Exploding rocket Chromatography detective Instant ice cream Static electricity Whole egg in a bottle Salt crystals pH indicator Green pennies Shiny pennies Collapse a bottle Chocolate crispy treats Oobleck 'Eco Plastic' Slime
| ISBN: | 9780008713362 |
| Publication date: | 12th March 2026 |
| Author: | Swapna Haddow |
| Illustrator: | Jess Bradley |
| Publisher: | Red Shed an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 61 pages |
| Reading age: | 8+ |
| Series: | Solved by Science |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage general interest: Science: the Elements, crystals, chemistry experiments Children’s / Teenage general interest: Cartoons and comic strips Children’s / Teenage general interest: Inventors, inventions and experiments Children’s / Teenage general interest: Humour and jokes First Concepts Children’s: picture books, activity books, early learning concepts |
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!
How to Make Diamonds from Your Pencils is aimed at readers aged 8 and over.
How to Make Diamonds from Your Pencils features in the following genres: Children’s / Teenage general interest: Science: the Elements, crystals, chemistry experiments, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Cartoons and comic strips, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Inventors, inventions and experiments, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Humour and jokes, First Concepts, Children’s: picture books, activity books, early learning concepts
Paperback. £9.89, down from the £10.99 cover price. In Stock.
How to Make Diamonds from Your Pencils was written by Swapna Haddow and published by Red Shed an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
How to Make Diamonds from Your Pencils has 61 pages
Yes it is part of Solved by Science series
£9.89, reduced from £10.99. In Stock.