4.5 🌟
Such a great, colourful and inquisitive book. I absolutely love the pictures and the colours used, my three year old was transfixed. This book is an accessible way to explore some scientific theories such as the bing bang and evolution. Some of the language I would say was perhaps a little tricky for the age group. I would say best suited to KS1 children. My three year old thoroughly enjoyed it.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an e-ARC.

Such pretty pictures of the story of how frogs came to be. My toddler enjoyed looking at this book especially as we have frogs and tadpoles in our pond at the moment. Thank you for the opportunity to read and review this book.

A book that's only mildly about a frog. It asks us a question – which came first, the frog or the spawn? – and then decides it has to go back to the very first instances of frogless anything, and the Big Bang. Slowly it builds up to life on Earth, and then how amphibians are the fathers of anything with four limbs on our world, proving us all – humans alike – to be wondrous stardust, and then stops without actually answering the question. So what do you want most from this – a history of the universe and evolution combined, or something that talks to us about frogs, as the title suggests? It's a real chicken and egg, that… I wasn't over- or underwhelmed by the art, so this is probably three and a half stars.

The illustrations in this book are stunning. I love children's books that teach about living animals to get kids interested in the world around them rather than in creatures from the past or imaginary ones (nothing against dinosaurs and unicorns). Books like these spark imagination and help children to develop their interests which leads to lifelong learning. I loved this book and I'd definitely recommend it to parents!

Excellent book about how frogs came to be and many engaging facts about frogs.
Beautifully illustrated.

What a fascinating and thought provoking book for young minds!

A very accessible way of introducing bigger scientific concepts like the Big Bang and Evolution to our younger learners.

The illustrations are colourful and full of life. I love that even though they are catered to a younger audience, they don’t shy away from being scientific and giving children a possible first introduction into elements they will recognise later on in their learning career, such as atoms, cells, and microscopic organisms.

All round a wonderful book!

Frog by Isabel Thomas is a curiosity of a book in that first impressions are that it is going to be about the life of a frog but this read takes young learners and readers in the direction of an amazing journey through the evolution of a species.

Starting at the "Big Bang" and travelling though millennia to the formation of the planet ,the first living cells and the gradual evolution of water based creatures leading to amphibians , the book explores how life began leading to the Frog as well as the universe itself.

Daniel Egnéus' illustrations are beautiful and Isabel Thomas' prose is pitch perfect for enquiring minds- although some vocabulary might need a little explanation.

This is a great book for young naturalists, classroom learning exploring frogs or young readers who enjoy learning new facts.

A beautiful information book that will open young minds and one that could be a useful classroom resource

Readers Age 5-8 Ks1 and lower Ks2