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My Book Corner @mybookcorner.bsky.social · Sep 9

The Busiest Beaver by Lu Fraser and Kate Hindley

Guest post by author Lu Fraser today! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

Review by @sareenmclay.bsky.social

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An absolute treat!

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#pb#childrensbooks#illustration#childrensbooksillustration#booksforkids#kidlit#booksforchildren #TheBusiestBeaver

Picture shows the front cover of the book The Busiest Beaver by Lu Fraser and Kate Hindley with six beavers sitting together.

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My Book Corner @mybookcorner.bsky.social · 8d

Owning It: Our Disabled Childhoods In Our Own Words
Ed by Jen Campbell, James & Lucy Catchpole.

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Review by @sareenmclay.bsky.social
@jenvcampbell.bsky.social
@faberchildrens.bsky.social
#mg#childrensbooks#booksforkids#kidlit#booksforchildren

Illustrations by Sophie Kamlish.

Picture shows the front cover of the book Owning It: Our Disabled Childhoods In Our Own Words
Edited by Jen Campbell, James and Lucy Catchpole.

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My Book Corner @mybookcorner.bsky.social · 5d

The Girl with Gills by Becca Rogers

A wonderful world mixed with folklore, facts and fantasy!

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Review by @sareenmclay.bsky.social
@headofzeus.bsky.social
#mg#childrensbooks#illustration#childrensbooksillustration#booksforkids#kidlit#booksforchildren#youngreaders#readingforpleasure#mudlarking

Picture shows the front cover of the book The Girl with Girls by Becca Rogers

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My Book Corner @mybookcorner.bsky.social · 4d

Britannica All New Children's Encyclopedia Edited by Christopher Lloyd

A veritable smorgasbord of facts.
What a joy!

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Review by @sareenmclay.bsky.social

#childrensbooks#illustration#childrensbooksillustration#booksforkids#kidlit#booksforchildren

Picture shows the front cover of the book Britannica All New Children's Encyclopedia Edited by Christopher Lloyd

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My Book Corner @mybookcorner.bsky.social · 3d

Eva Wong Nava’s

The Moon Rabbit, illustrated by Jason Chuang

Wednesday is for Wiggling, Illustrated by Holly Sterling

Review by @sareenmclay.bsky.social
@walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
@evawongnava.bsky.social
@jasonchuangart.bsky.social
#hollysterling#pb#childrensbooks#childrensbooksillustration

Picture shows the front cover of the book The Moon Rabbit by Eva Wong Nava, illustrated by Jason Chuang
and Wednesday is for Wiggling by Eva Wong Nava, Illustrated by Holly Sterling.

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Sareen McLay @sareenmclay.bsky.social · 1d

All about pink today! 🌸🌸🌸

Loving these Autumn colours and flowers.

#garden #flowers #gardening #autumngardendays #autumngardendays

Sareen McLay @sareenmclay.bsky.social · Jun 2

Delighted to be featured in the latest SCBWI Words and Pictures Writer’s Minds by @sarahbroadley.bsky.social

Discussing everything to do with the fabulous My Book Corner review site in my role as Director.

www.wordsandpics.org/2025/05/writ...

@mybookcorner.reviews

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#childrensbooks#pb#mg#ya

WRITERS' MINDS Sareen McLay

Words and Pictures is the online magazine of SCBWI British Isles.

www.wordsandpics.org

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My Book Corner @mybookcorner.bsky.social · Jun 2

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The Secret Life of Bugs, Bees & Trees by Moira Butterfield, Illustrated by Vivian Mineker

One of my favourite books of the year!

Review by @sareenmclay.bsky.social
@moirabutterfield.bsky.social
@quartokids.bsky.social‬
#vivianmineker#nonfiction#childrensbooks#childrensbooksillustration

Picture shows the front cover of the book The Secret Life of Bugs, Bees & Trees by Moira Butterfield, Illustrated by Vivian Mineker

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Sarah Broadley @sarahbroadley.bsky.social · Jun 2

Delighted to interview @mybookcorner.bsky.social 's Director, @sareenmclay.bsky.social on her role, processes and vision for the well-known children's book review website.

Find out more on my @scbwi-bi.bsky.social Writers' Minds feature...

www.wordsandpics.org/2025/05/writ...

WRITERS' MINDS Sareen McLay

Words and Pictures is the online magazine of SCBWI British Isles.

www.wordsandpics.org

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Curtis Brown Creative @cbcreative.bsky.social · May 8

#WriteCBC task from @abigailj.bsky.social: Secrets are a great way to add intrigue and drama to your story. Write a mini-scene in which a character discovers that someone they know well has been keeping a secret from them. How do they deal with this discovery?

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Sareen McLay @sareenmclay.bsky.social · May 8

Loved reviewing this stunning graphic novel!

Wildful by Kengo Kurimoto

Review on MBC by @sareenmclay.bsky.social

@kengokurimoto.bsky.social
@pushkinchildrens.bsky.social

#mg#childrensbooks#illustration#childrensbooksillustration#booksforkids#kidlit#booksforchildren#grief#nature#graphicnovel

Picture shows the front cover of the book Wildful by Kengo Kurimoto, a girl with her dog in the middle of a wood with creatures all around them.

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Sareen McLay @sareenmclay.bsky.social · Apr 30

Here at MBC we are loving The Worry Bee by Nicola Kinnear!
Look out for our review coming soon!

@scholastic.bsky.social

#nicolakinnear
#pb#childrensbooks#illustration#childrensbooksillustration#booksforkids#kidlit#booksforchildren

Picture shows the front cover of the book The Worry Bee by Nicola Kinnear a bee sitting on top of a toadstool.

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Sareen McLay @sareenmclay.bsky.social · Apr 29

Puloma and the Bear by Jasbinder Bilan Illustrated by Skylar White

Superb adventure! 🐻🐻🐻
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@jasbinderbilan.bsky.social
@skyillustrates.bsky.social
@barringtonstoke.bsky.social

#mg#childrensbooks#illustration#childrensbooksillustration#booksforkids#kidlit#booksforchildren

Picture shows the front cover of the book Puloma and the Bear by Jasbinder Bilan Illustrated by Skylar White with a bear following a girl along a river path.

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Sareen McLay @sareenmclay.bsky.social · Apr 24

Day out at Dr Neil’s Garden.

And launch of @edbookfest.bsky.social Schools Programme at Holyrood High School. Thanks to Jenny, Rachel, Jodie, librarians; Rachel and Hannah and pupils & Joseph Coehlo!
@sarahbroadley.bsky.social #bookofinstagram#kidlit#poetrycommunity#flowers#childrensbooks #garden

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · Feb 25

A vacancy has recently opened up at the Big Green Bookshop for a new customer.

The ideal candidate will have a regular urge to buy lots of amazing books.

Please email [email protected] with a list of books you'd like to buy.

The position is available straight away.

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Sareen McLay @sareenmclay.bsky.social · Apr 24

New review over on @mybookcorner.bsky.social

Picture shows the front cover of the book Bree Boyd is (Trouble) a Legend by Leah Johnson showing a girl levitating amongst a pile of books.

Sareen McLay @sareenmclay.bsky.social · Apr 23

Another book recommendation!
Fascinating.

#dictionary#bookrecommendation#amreading#books#pipwilliams

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Curtis Brown Creative @cbcreative.bsky.social · Apr 23

'You should know and love the people you’re writing about as deeply as you possibly can' 💓

Bestselling romance novelist & tutor of our six-week Writing a Romance course, @jennycolgan.bsky.social talks about her approach to writing & what makes a page-turning love story.

Read the full advice blog:

Jenny Colgan: 'If you love a character you’ll follow them anywhere'

Interview with bestselling romance author Jenny Colgan. Find out what makes a page-turning love story with romantic leads you root for.

www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk

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Sareen McLay @sareenmclay.bsky.social · Apr 23

New blog post!
Fascinating Icons and Patterns.

Fancy a few minutes of calm? Switch the kettle on and head over to my blog!

switchthekettleonlove.com

#flowers#garden #zandrarhodes #textile #fashion #pattern

Switch the Kettle on, Love

Five Minutes to Yourself

switchthekettleonlove.com

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Sareen McLay @sareenmclay.bsky.social · Apr 8

Loved this book! So interesting and confidence boosting too!

So interesting to read about Georgia O’Keefe,Frieda Lawrence, Daphne Du Maurier and more.

#annabelabbs
#tworoadspublishing#nature#walking#women

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Sareen McLay @sareenmclay.bsky.social · Apr 3

Beautiful blossom in our garden today and I had a wee visitor pop in to see me as I was working on the words!
I’m sure, and hope, this ladybird was a bit happier when I returned it the garden.

Definitely a spring day! 🌸🌸🌸🐞🐞🐞

#gardens#flowers#cherryblossom#cherryblossoms #ladybird

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Sareen McLay @sareenmclay.bsky.social · Mar 19

A new post on my blog! Meanderings on spring, books and more.
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switchthekettleonlove.com

#nature#flowers#readmorebooks

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Sareen McLay @sareenmclay.bsky.social · Mar 19

My new review on @mybookcorner.bsky.social is the excellent School of Doom by @sarahharrison.bsky.social

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ione blue @ioneblue.bsky.social · Mar 11

hellebore 14
#photography
#macrophotography
#abstractphotography
#art
#flowers

super, super, extra, way, way, way close up
look at the center of a hellebore flower.

abstraction to the point of wondering what you're looking at—
besides shades of chartreuse.

photograph.

macro photograph. a very, very, nearly microscopic view of the center of a yellow green hellebore flower. petals. pistils and stamens. filling the frame. intense in the sunlight.

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Greta Knits @gretaknits.bsky.social · Mar 11

Today's daily dose of daffodils 🌱

A clump of February Gold daffodils in full bloom on a lovely sunny day.

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