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Sareen McLay
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Happy to be in the garden or out for a walk. Blog at switchthekettleonlove.com.
Director of www.mybookcorner.co.uk
Find fabulous book recommendations for PBs, Young Fiction, MG and YA books on our review site.

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All about pink today! 🌸🌸🌸

Loving these Autumn colours and flowers.

#garden #flowers #gardening #autumngardendays #autumngardendays
October 8, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Loved reviewing this stunning graphic novel!

Wildful by Kengo Kurimoto

Review on MBC by @sareenmclay.bsky.social

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#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.
May 8, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Here at MBC we are loving The Worry Bee by Nicola Kinnear!
Look out for our review coming soon!

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#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.
April 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Puloma and the Bear by Jasbinder Bilan Illustrated by Skylar White

Superb adventure! 🐻🐻🐻
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#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.
April 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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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
April 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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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.
April 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Another book recommendation!
Fascinating.

#dictionary#bookrecommendation#amreading#books#pipwilliams
April 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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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
April 8, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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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
April 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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A new post on my blog! Meanderings on spring, books and more.
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#nature#flowers#readmorebooks
March 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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My new review on @mybookcorner.bsky.social is the excellent School of Doom by @sarahharrison.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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My latest review by @sareenmclay.bsky.social link in bio
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My Mum by Susan Quinn, Illustrated by Sarah Mathew

Full of lovely moments, this book shows us what a superstar a parent often is!

#pb#childrensbooks#illustration#childrensbooksillustration#booksforkids#kidlit#booksforchildren#susanquinn
Picture shows the front cover of the book, My Mum A little girl and her mum dancing on stepping stones.
March 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Lasagne layers with Tête-à-tête daffs brightening up a dull day and then …

a giant rainbow. Fab!

#daffodils #daffodilseason #flowers #rainbow #rainbows #nature
Pots of daffodils and grape hyacinth. Rainbow on a cloudy day.
March 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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What a fab evening @abdnartmuseums for the Dame Zandra Rhodes and Dennis Nothdruft discussion on the Textiles exhibition!

#aberdeen #textiles #textilesdesign #zandrarhodes
Me with Zandra Rhodes and her book.
March 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Delighted to announce the first meeting of the Aberdeen All Stories Writing Group!

Saturday 15th March 2-4pm
Aberdeen Central Library

Open to writers from
underrepresented groups, this is free to attend.

#aberdeen#aberdeenshire#writing#allstories#writingforchildren
March 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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I (Hate) Love Books by Mariajo Ilustrajo

We have found the PERFECT book for World Book Day!

Review by @sareenmclay.bsky.social link in bio
#worldbookday
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Picture shows the front cover of I Hate Love Books by Mariajo Ilustrajo. A little girl throwing a book away.
March 6, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Today’s flower photo because, why not?

Beautiful Hellebore, often known as the Christmas or Lenten rose.

#flowers #flowersmakemehappy #flowersofinstagram #flowerphotography #nature #garden
Photo of a hellebore flower.
March 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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My latest review on My Book Corner.

www.mybookcorner.co.uk?p=14285&prev...
Picture shows the front cover of The Beck by Anthony McGowan. A boy, a girl and a dog in amongst trees and a beck.
March 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Sunshine and crocuses today, yay!

#flowers #flowersmakemehappy #flowerphotography #nature #garden
March 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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New review up on @mybookcorner.bsky.social

#antarctica#illustration#nature#environment#climatecrisis#booksbooksbooks#nonfiction#australianantarcticdivision
Picture shows the cover of Into the Ice: Reflections on Antarctica by Alison Lester and Coral Tulloch. A ship in the foreground with icebergs behind.
February 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Reading for www.mybookcorner.co.uk
review.

Crayfish.

That’s all I’m saying.

#bookreviews#nature
February 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Muddy boots. 😁

Something cheery.

#highlandcows #highlandcowsofinstagram #nature #naturephotography #outside #freshair
February 27, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Hugging a tree at Reelig Glen and James Fraser’s Folly at Fairy Glen.
#trees#nature
February 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Exciting post for @mybookcorner.bsky.social today!

Look out for our reviews on www.mybookcorner.co.uk

#pb#mg#ya#kidlit#childrensbooks#illustration
February 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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On the train, perfect time for a read!
Look out for my review on @myboookcorner.bsky.social

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Picture shows the front cover of the book, The Boy at the Window by Lucy Strange. A ghostly apparition of a boy as another looks out of the window through the fog.
January 31, 2025 at 4:42 PM