Isabel Thomas
@isabelthomas.co.uk
Science & nature writer • Author of 300 books, with Bloomsbury, Phaidon, OUP, Hachette & many others • AAAS Book Prize 2020 & 2023 • Tortoise wrangler 🐢 🐢 • Creators' Rights Alliance Committee • School SEND governor • Cambridge, UK • www.isabelthomas.co.uk
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Isabel Thomas
@isabelthomas.co.uk
· Mar 20
Happy #WorldFrogDay 🐸💚 the perfect day to preorder Frog and get the entire story of life, the universe and everything delivered to your door in May! @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social #danielegneus
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Every now and then, a book comes along that is an absolute perfect match for its reviewer. 'Exploring the Universe' by @isabelthomas.co.uk is one such book! geekdad.com/2025/11/expl... from @phaidonpress.bsky.social
‘Exploring the Universe:’ A Book Review
The greatest book ever written about Space might be here - Check out 'Exploring then Universe'
geekdad.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Every now and then, a book comes along that is an absolute perfect match for its reviewer. 'Exploring the Universe' by @isabelthomas.co.uk is one such book! geekdad.com/2025/11/expl... from @phaidonpress.bsky.social
This review ❤️ it means so much to me, thank you
Every now and then, a book comes along that is an absolute perfect match for its reviewer. 'Exploring the Universe' by @isabelthomas.co.uk is one such book! geekdad.com/2025/11/expl... from @phaidonpress.bsky.social
‘Exploring the Universe:’ A Book Review
The greatest book ever written about Space might be here - Check out 'Exploring then Universe'
geekdad.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This review ❤️ it means so much to me, thank you
HOP HOP HOORAY - Frog: A Story of Life on Earth has been shortlisted for the @wainwrightprize.bsky.social!!! 💚🐸💚🐸💚🐸
We’re excited to share the 2025 Children’s #WainwrightPrize for Picture Books Shortlist! 📚
Bold, beautiful and hopeful. These picture books nurture a lifelong love for nature through story, rhythm and stunning visuals.
#StoriesThatConnect
Bold, beautiful and hopeful. These picture books nurture a lifelong love for nature through story, rhythm and stunning visuals.
#StoriesThatConnect
August 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
HOP HOP HOORAY - Frog: A Story of Life on Earth has been shortlisted for the @wainwrightprize.bsky.social!!! 💚🐸💚🐸💚🐸
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🎧 Ep 244 of Jo Durrant’s Beautiful Universe podcast is out Weds:
🤩 @adamhartscience.bsky.social myth busts animals with misleading names
🐸 @isabelthomas.co.uk chats at Chelt Sci Fest about frogs & impossible questions
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🤩 @adamhartscience.bsky.social myth busts animals with misleading names
🐸 @isabelthomas.co.uk chats at Chelt Sci Fest about frogs & impossible questions
📲 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j...
💻 jodurrantsbeautifuluniverse.libsyn.com
July 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
🎧 Ep 244 of Jo Durrant’s Beautiful Universe podcast is out Weds:
🤩 @adamhartscience.bsky.social myth busts animals with misleading names
🐸 @isabelthomas.co.uk chats at Chelt Sci Fest about frogs & impossible questions
📲 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j...
💻 jodurrantsbeautifuluniverse.libsyn.com
🤩 @adamhartscience.bsky.social myth busts animals with misleading names
🐸 @isabelthomas.co.uk chats at Chelt Sci Fest about frogs & impossible questions
📲 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j...
💻 jodurrantsbeautifuluniverse.libsyn.com
I'm looking forward to Brighton Festival next weekend! Tickets at brightonfestival.org/whats-on/Xka...
May 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I'm looking forward to Brighton Festival next weekend! Tickets at brightonfestival.org/whats-on/Xka...
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One of my favourite frog chemistry facts (yes, I have several 😁) is that only a single amino acid mutation prevents poison dart frogs from poisoning themselves
May 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
One of my favourite frog chemistry facts (yes, I have several 😁) is that only a single amino acid mutation prevents poison dart frogs from poisoning themselves
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#PGDEp @morayhouse.bsky.social looks like a great book to support learning and teaching in science!
FROG: A Story of Life on Earth hops into the world today!
To celebrate, I have a copy to give away, along with two perfect chocolate frogs!
To enter, share this post and leave a comment below with your best froggy fact 🐸💚 @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
To celebrate, I have a copy to give away, along with two perfect chocolate frogs!
To enter, share this post and leave a comment below with your best froggy fact 🐸💚 @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
#PGDEp @morayhouse.bsky.social looks like a great book to support learning and teaching in science!
FROG: A Story of Life on Earth hops into the world today!
To celebrate, I have a copy to give away, along with two perfect chocolate frogs!
To enter, share this post and leave a comment below with your best froggy fact 🐸💚 @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
To celebrate, I have a copy to give away, along with two perfect chocolate frogs!
To enter, share this post and leave a comment below with your best froggy fact 🐸💚 @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 11:21 AM
FROG: A Story of Life on Earth hops into the world today!
To celebrate, I have a copy to give away, along with two perfect chocolate frogs!
To enter, share this post and leave a comment below with your best froggy fact 🐸💚 @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
To celebrate, I have a copy to give away, along with two perfect chocolate frogs!
To enter, share this post and leave a comment below with your best froggy fact 🐸💚 @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
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2/2…
Would absolutely also recommend “Moth” which looks at and explains simply adaption and evolution
…and “Fox” which explores the circle of life and death and doesn’t shy away from the realities. Stunning!
Would absolutely also recommend “Moth” which looks at and explains simply adaption and evolution
…and “Fox” which explores the circle of life and death and doesn’t shy away from the realities. Stunning!
May 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
2/2…
Would absolutely also recommend “Moth” which looks at and explains simply adaption and evolution
…and “Fox” which explores the circle of life and death and doesn’t shy away from the realities. Stunning!
Would absolutely also recommend “Moth” which looks at and explains simply adaption and evolution
…and “Fox” which explores the circle of life and death and doesn’t shy away from the realities. Stunning!
A first look at Frog! 💚🐸 ahead of publication tomorrow! Thank you so much @smithsmm.bsky.social I'm so pleased Frog has found its way to you!
Love @isabelthomas.co.uk’s non-fiction books.
“Frog” is her third book with #DanielEgneus and it is equally ambitious. This time they look at the story of life on our planet from the initial spark till creating complex life-forms. Brilliant. PicturebookPage @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social 1/2…
“Frog” is her third book with #DanielEgneus and it is equally ambitious. This time they look at the story of life on our planet from the initial spark till creating complex life-forms. Brilliant. PicturebookPage @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social 1/2…
May 7, 2025 at 9:22 AM
A first look at Frog! 💚🐸 ahead of publication tomorrow! Thank you so much @smithsmm.bsky.social I'm so pleased Frog has found its way to you!
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Aaaaand we just hit 2,000 followers on Bluesky! 🫶 Help spread the word to fellow writers!
March 24, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Aaaaand we just hit 2,000 followers on Bluesky! 🫶 Help spread the word to fellow writers!
Happy #WorldFrogDay 🐸💚 the perfect day to preorder Frog and get the entire story of life, the universe and everything delivered to your door in May! @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social #danielegneus
March 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Happy #WorldFrogDay 🐸💚 the perfect day to preorder Frog and get the entire story of life, the universe and everything delivered to your door in May! @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social #danielegneus
Join us on 24 March for a fun evening of comedy and science in Cambridge! @cambridgejunction.bsky.social @cambridgefestival.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Join us on 24 March for a fun evening of comedy and science in Cambridge! @cambridgejunction.bsky.social @cambridgefestival.bsky.social
Thank you for such a lovely review @justimaginecentre.bsky.social 🐦⬛
Sky Dancers: by @isabelthomas.co.uk & Chiara Fedele is a beautifully illustrated nonfiction book that combines facts with storytelling, alongside poetic text. @oxfordchildrens.bsky.social @primarynonfiction.bsky.social
My review for @justimaginecentre.bsky.social
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My review for @justimaginecentre.bsky.social
justimagine.co.uk/childrens-bo...
February 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Thank you for such a lovely review @justimaginecentre.bsky.social 🐦⬛
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The Government is siding with big tech over British creativity.
Today is the FINAL chance to respond to their consultation on AI and copyright.
Let's make sure creators' voices are heard. Guidance below 👇 #MakeItFair #PayTheCreator
www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-ri...
Today is the FINAL chance to respond to their consultation on AI and copyright.
Let's make sure creators' voices are heard. Guidance below 👇 #MakeItFair #PayTheCreator
www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-ri...
February 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The Government is siding with big tech over British creativity.
Today is the FINAL chance to respond to their consultation on AI and copyright.
Let's make sure creators' voices are heard. Guidance below 👇 #MakeItFair #PayTheCreator
www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-ri...
Today is the FINAL chance to respond to their consultation on AI and copyright.
Let's make sure creators' voices are heard. Guidance below 👇 #MakeItFair #PayTheCreator
www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-ri...
My new cover feature for The Week Junior Science + Nature! Innovative ideas for tackling climate change, great discussion points for KS2 and KS3, on newstands now! 🐄
January 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
My new cover feature for The Week Junior Science + Nature! Innovative ideas for tackling climate change, great discussion points for KS2 and KS3, on newstands now! 🐄
Turns out their own medicine tastes disgusting
January 29, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Turns out their own medicine tastes disgusting
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Incredible essay by Mary Immordino-Yang on transcendent thinking in adolescents and how we support it as teachers and parents, an antidote to limited ideas of the brain/learning currently circulating . . . gets to math! #EduSky #ITeachMath
www.scientificamerican.com/article/tran...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/tran...
How Transcendent Thinking Boosts Teen Brains and Enhances Life
A style of teaching that gets adolescents to reflect beyond the here and now may help their brain grow in ways that enhance life
www.scientificamerican.com
January 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Incredible essay by Mary Immordino-Yang on transcendent thinking in adolescents and how we support it as teachers and parents, an antidote to limited ideas of the brain/learning currently circulating . . . gets to math! #EduSky #ITeachMath
www.scientificamerican.com/article/tran...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/tran...
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V838.
Each color shows the passage of time. As the bright flash of light left the star, it illuminated the dust surrounding it, but because space is so big, we actually see the light travelling and illuminating the dust as it goes along.
By Judy Schmidt.
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🔭 🧪
Each color shows the passage of time. As the bright flash of light left the star, it illuminated the dust surrounding it, but because space is so big, we actually see the light travelling and illuminating the dust as it goes along.
By Judy Schmidt.
www.flickr.com/photos/geckz...
🔭 🧪
January 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
V838.
Each color shows the passage of time. As the bright flash of light left the star, it illuminated the dust surrounding it, but because space is so big, we actually see the light travelling and illuminating the dust as it goes along.
By Judy Schmidt.
www.flickr.com/photos/geckz...
🔭 🧪
Each color shows the passage of time. As the bright flash of light left the star, it illuminated the dust surrounding it, but because space is so big, we actually see the light travelling and illuminating the dust as it goes along.
By Judy Schmidt.
www.flickr.com/photos/geckz...
🔭 🧪
The Last Days of the Dinosaurs is a fantastic read, popular science at its absolute best (and great for upper middle grade and young adult dino fans too) 🦖☄️
If you’ve ordered or recommended my books, thank you so, so much. The Last Days of the Dinosaurs is the first book I’ve ever earned royalties on, and that income is going to help me move out of Utah to a state with shield laws. When you buy and boost my books, it makes a real difference.
The Last Days of the Dinosaurs
Winner of the AAAS/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books!"This is top-drawer science writing." —Publishers Weekly, starred reviewIn The Last Days o...
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January 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The Last Days of the Dinosaurs is a fantastic read, popular science at its absolute best (and great for upper middle grade and young adult dino fans too) 🦖☄️
It's #PLR day and brilliant news that my books were borrowed from public libraries more than 50,000 times last year 🦊🧡 these are four of the most-borrowed 🧪👩🔬 Thank you librarians, @britishlibrary.bsky.social & readers for using your library to discover the world #lovelibraries
January 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
It's #PLR day and brilliant news that my books were borrowed from public libraries more than 50,000 times last year 🦊🧡 these are four of the most-borrowed 🧪👩🔬 Thank you librarians, @britishlibrary.bsky.social & readers for using your library to discover the world #lovelibraries
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Hi Mum 🥰
Also you can follow 'starter packs' - lists of accounts relevant to a field you're interested in
Like this STEM Education one:
bsky.app/starter-pack...
You can also ask the starter pack author/admin that they add your account to the list so other people can follow you for that topic
Also you can follow 'starter packs' - lists of accounts relevant to a field you're interested in
Like this STEM Education one:
bsky.app/starter-pack...
You can also ask the starter pack author/admin that they add your account to the list so other people can follow you for that topic
January 16, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Hi Mum 🥰
Also you can follow 'starter packs' - lists of accounts relevant to a field you're interested in
Like this STEM Education one:
bsky.app/starter-pack...
You can also ask the starter pack author/admin that they add your account to the list so other people can follow you for that topic
Also you can follow 'starter packs' - lists of accounts relevant to a field you're interested in
Like this STEM Education one:
bsky.app/starter-pack...
You can also ask the starter pack author/admin that they add your account to the list so other people can follow you for that topic
Brings to mind the person who emailed me on Christmas day to point out a typo in a US edition 😱
A gentle reminder that you should always resist the temptation to tag a creative person into a negative review of their work. It doesn't matter what your intentions are, it's kind of an asshole maneuver. You are free to say whatever you like, of course. Making it their problem, however, is not kind.
January 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Brings to mind the person who emailed me on Christmas day to point out a typo in a US edition 😱
'The perfect book for talking to children about death’ – The Guardian
Fox: A Circle of Life Story out in paperback today!
Fox shows that the scientific understanding of death and renewal is no less beautiful and comforting than traditional stories
🏅Winner AAAS Book Prize 2023 #naturewriting 🧪
Fox: A Circle of Life Story out in paperback today!
Fox shows that the scientific understanding of death and renewal is no less beautiful and comforting than traditional stories
🏅Winner AAAS Book Prize 2023 #naturewriting 🧪
January 3, 2025 at 9:39 AM
'The perfect book for talking to children about death’ – The Guardian
Fox: A Circle of Life Story out in paperback today!
Fox shows that the scientific understanding of death and renewal is no less beautiful and comforting than traditional stories
🏅Winner AAAS Book Prize 2023 #naturewriting 🧪
Fox: A Circle of Life Story out in paperback today!
Fox shows that the scientific understanding of death and renewal is no less beautiful and comforting than traditional stories
🏅Winner AAAS Book Prize 2023 #naturewriting 🧪
My most gifted science and nature books this year! Snuggle up with a good book at Christmas 🦊🧡🧪 #naturewriting
December 19, 2024 at 12:57 PM
My most gifted science and nature books this year! Snuggle up with a good book at Christmas 🦊🧡🧪 #naturewriting