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 📚📚📚 #childrensbooks#pb#mg#ya

🐞🐝🪾 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

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...

#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?

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

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

Puloma and the Bear by Jasbinder Bilan Illustrated by Skylar White Superb adventure! 🐻🐻🐻 📚📚📚 @jasbinderbilan.bsky.social @skyillustrates.bsky.social @barringtonstoke.bsky.social #mg#childrensbooks#illustration#childrensbooksillustration#booksforkids#kidlit#booksforchildren

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

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.

New review over on @mybookcorner.bsky.social

Another book recommendation! Fascinating. #dictionary#bookrecommendation#amreading#books#pipwilliams

'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:

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

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

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

A new post on my blog! Meanderings on spring, books and more. 🌸🌻🌼 switchthekettleonlove.com #nature#flowers#readmorebooks

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

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.

Today's daily dose of daffodils 🌱

On September 12th 2024, my debut picture book Pandora and the Story Forge, beautifully illustrated by Marie-Alice Harel , was published by Rocket Bird Books . What a lot can happen in six months! 😍

Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️

My latest review by @sareenmclay.bsky.social link in bio 💐 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

Hellebore: Helvington double white speckled for #MagentaMonday 🌱📷 #helleboreheaven #Bloomscrolling #GardensHour

Hellebore time #gardensky 🌱

Congratulations to all of our Golden Kite Award winners! Watch the ceremony on our YouTube channel!

Lasagne layers with Tête-à-tête daffs brightening up a dull day and then … a giant rainbow. Fab! #daffodils #daffodilseason #flowers #rainbow #rainbows #nature

What a fab evening @abdnartmuseums for the Dame Zandra Rhodes and Dennis Nothdruft discussion on the Textiles exhibition! #aberdeen #textiles #textilesdesign #zandrarhodes

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

READING FOR PLEASURE has such a powerful impact on kids, it should be at the heart of everything you do with them, every single day. Always show how them how much YOU love books. Read books to them, talk about books with them, help them find books to love - and it will change their lives! #literacy

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 #pb#childrensbooks#illustration#childrensbooksillustration#booksforkids#kidlit#bookstagram#booksofinstagram#MariajoIlustrajo#quartokids

Today’s flower photo because, why not? Beautiful Hellebore, often known as the Christmas or Lenten rose. #flowers #flowersmakemehappy #flowersofinstagram #flowerphotography #nature #garden

EVERY CHILD CAN BE A READER! All kids need access to the widest possible range of books, free choice in their reading matter, and the right to read for pleasure. It only takes one book to help them find the love of reading - and that book will change their lives forever! #literacy

Particularly delighted to read this post on Naomi Mitchison's short novels When the Bough Breaks (1924) & Travel Light (1952) on the publication day for @amalelmohtar.com's The River Has Roots!

My latest review on My Book Corner. www.mybookcorner.co.uk?p=14285&prev...

Happy @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social Week! I'm super excited to talk about my novels and the Tiger Warrior books this week at schools in London. I'm bringing Betsy the ant with me! She's in my new book Nate Yu's Blast From the Past. Happy reading everyone! #WorldBookDay2025 #MaisieChan

Huge congratulations to this year's Women's Prize for Fiction longlist. We're particularly excited to see three CBC alumni on the list! Well done @nussaibah.bsky.social, #RoisínODonnell & #RosannaPike 🎉

Creatives! Looking to send your work to agents and publishers but don't know where to start when it comes to querying? Then @sheilamaverbuch.bsky.social's @scbwi-bi.bsky.social on-line event is for you! Tickets available here - www.tickettailor.com/events/socie...

Sunshine and crocuses today, yay! #flowers #flowersmakemehappy #flowerphotography #nature #garden

New review up on @mybookcorner.bsky.social #antarctica#illustration#nature#environment#climatecrisis#booksbooksbooks#nonfiction#australianantarcticdivision

Reading for www.mybookcorner.co.uk review. Crayfish. That’s all I’m saying. #bookreviews#nature

Muddy boots. 😁 Something cheery. #highlandcows #highlandcowsofinstagram #nature #naturephotography #outside #freshair

Here are some nice mushrooms

Thanks so much to @clareweze.bsky.social for reading Nate Yu's Blast From the Past and giving it such a glowing review!

In two hours!

'This course is about more than just line edits and tag lines; it’s really about making your novel the best version of itself' ✍️ We spoke to children's author & former literary agent, Lauren Pearson, about querying agents and getting the most out of your creative writing course: Read her advice:

Hugging a tree at Reelig Glen and James Fraser’s Folly at Fairy Glen. #trees#nature

Exciting post for @mybookcorner.bsky.social today! Look out for our reviews on www.mybookcorner.co.uk #pb#mg#ya#kidlit#childrensbooks#illustration

On the train, perfect time for a read! Look out for my review on @myboookcorner.bsky.social @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social @garypanton.bsky.social

The Boy at the Window by Lucy Strange, Illustrated by Rohan Eason Immerse yourself in a classic ghost story! Loved this! Read my review tomorrow on www.mybookcorner.co.uk @thelucystrange @rohan.daniel.eason @barringtonstoke #ghost#ghoststory#MG#kidlit#childrensbooks#illustration

People Like Stars by Patrice Lawrence, Illustrated by Michelle Brackenborough Publication Day! Read our review by @sarahbroadley.bsky.social link in bio 📚 @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social #MichelleBrackenborough #Scholastic#MG#mystery#kidlit#booksforkids#booksforchildren#childrensbooks#patricelawrence