Frog : A Story of Life on Earth

*Shortlisted for the 2025 Children's Wrainwright Prize for Non-Fiction*

If frogs come from eggs, and eggs come from frogs, where did the first frog come from?

This is the incredible story of how frogs came to be. To find out, we go all the way back to the very beginning. Before frogs, dinosaurs, planet Earth - before even the stars existed... back 13.7 billion years to the moment just before the universe began.

And from there, through Isabel Thomas's beautifully lyrical text and Daniel Egnéus's breathtaking illustrations, we are transported through time to the evolution of the very first frogs.

The story of frog is an epic; an adventure in space and time. It's a story still being told, in every garden, every pond and every corner of our extraordinary planet.

This appears to be a children's non-fiction book that tackles the philosophical question of origins through the lens of frog evolution. The book takes readers on a journey from the Big Bang through cosmic and biological evolution to explain how frogs came to exist. It combines scientific concepts with poetic storytelling and appears to be aimed at young readers who are curious about natural history and the interconnectedness of life. The recognition from the Children's Wrainwright Prize suggests it successfully makes complex scientific concepts accessible to children.