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Troika Books @troikabooks.bsky.social · 3d

Excellent news!

#JakubsOtter by @coralrumble.bsky.social has been included in the BookTrust's 'Great Books Guide 2025-26: for 8 to 9-year-olds'

"A heartwarming read, not just for animal lovers, and a story that would promote empathy."

@booktrust.org.uk

A picture of Jakub's Otter book cover, which is orange with an illustration of an otter on it.

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Sue Hardy-Dawson @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social · 4d

Aparently today is #WorldAnimalDay so here's a poem about disappearing habitats from If I Were Other Than Myself @troikabooks.bsky.social

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Troika Books @troikabooks.bsky.social · 7d

Its #NationalPoetryDay!

Head to our website, and see what incredible poets and publications we have.

Poetry is one of the foundations of Troika. Come in a explore our catalogue!

#childrenspoetry
#poetryforchildren
#poetry #poetrylovers

www.troikabooks.com

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Jill Bennett @jillshanti.bsky.social · 8d

A really fun #poetry book #ChickenintheKitchen @nealzetterpoet.bsky.social @troikabooks.bsky.social is #RedReadingHub’s book of the day reviewed on the blog wp.me/p11DI5-dsJ

Chicken in the Kitchen

Chicken in the KitchenNeal ZetterTroika Books Subtitled Neal Zetter’s Greatest Hits, this lively book contains the forty two most frequently requested poems by children during two decades of school…

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coralrumble.bsky.social @coralrumble.bsky.social · 23d

Oh my, thank you @uklitassociation.bsky.social ! So many of my favourite authors are here - what an honour to be longlisted alongside them. AND what joy to see Troika buddy, Sarah Zimman in the mix!

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Troika Books @troikabooks.bsky.social · 23d

We are delighted that two Troika books have made it to the
@uklitassociation.bsky.social awards longlist. Congratulations to @coralrumble.bsky.social and @bardymum.bsky.social
for #JakubsOtter and #WhyDidMyBrainMakeMeSayIt - brilliant publications, and well deserved. 🥂

Lots of book covers, representing the longlist for the UKLA book awards.

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coralrumble.bsky.social @coralrumble.bsky.social · 25d

So many highlights from today’s library visits. At one library, kids painted pebbles afterwards - if you’ve read Jakub’s Otter, you’ll know how appropriate that is. This pebble, of the Italian national park where the story takes place, was painted by an 11yr old girl. Stunning.

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Troika Books @troikabooks.bsky.social · 26d

The Young Quills competition by @histassoc.bsky.social features in the new HA News magazine, including a young reader's review of the Highly Commended #Cobalt by Sue Klauber ! Brilliant!

Image of the cover of the HA News with a painting of the French Revolution overlaid with a cover for Cobalt and a quote about the book that says: “This book takes the reader on a journey of excitement and bravery without ever losing sight of the realities of conflict... It reminds the reader that war isn’t only one story...”

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coralrumble.bsky.social @coralrumble.bsky.social · Sep 7

Just had a message from a mum who read Jakub’s Otter with her daughter, when they were on holiday in Italy! How perfect - what a great mum to think about packing it! Her daughter wants to write poems now, just like Marta in the book. @troikabooks.bsky.social

a man with a beard is clapping his hands and says mama mia

ALT: a man with a beard is clapping his hands and says mama mia

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Troika Books @troikabooks.bsky.social · Sep 3

Britain declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939. What followed were years of horror and loss, but also resilience and bravery. #Zinc and #Cobalt are upper middlegrade/teen accounts of one family's bold acts of resistance, told by @sue_klauber. #schoollibrary #historicalbooks

Covers of Zinc and Cobalt, featuring a war plane and a tank, on a blue background with a reviewer's quote: "This is a well researched, pacy, exciting read. High recommend."

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Neal Zetter @nealzetterpoet.bsky.social · Sep 3

Interview! Learn all about my new/13th poetry book here

www.troikabooks.com/blog/a-chick...

#poem #poems #LibrarySky #EduSky #BookSky #poetry #TeacherSky #poetrylovers #PoetrySky #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #teachers #literacy @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social #kidlit @troikabooks.bsky.social

A ‘Chicken’ hatches out: Neal Zetter introduces his latest – and ‘greatest’ - poetry collection! — Troika Books

Award-winning author/poet Neal Zetter drops in for a chat about about his 11th poetry collection with Troika, Chicken in the Kitchen , published on 1st September.   What will reade...

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Neal Zetter @nealzetterpoet.bsky.social · Sep 1

Got your copy yet? 🐓🐓🐓

#poem #poems #LibrarySky #EduSky #BookSky #poetry #TeacherSky #poetrylovers #PoetrySky #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #teachers #literacy @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social #kidlit @troikabooks.bsky.social

Troika Books @troikabooks.bsky.social · Sep 1

OUT TODAY! 🐔#ChickenInTheKitchen has landed...and it's taken off, proving that you can do an unboxing and discover both to be true. Bad luck, Schrödinger. Catch the best clucky poems of @nealzetterpoet.bsky.social #poetryforchildren #poetry Read our blog for more! www.troikabooks.com/blog/a-chick...

A yellow book cover with Chicken in the Kitchen and little cartoons.

Poet Neal Zetter poses with his new poetry books, Chicken in the Kitchen

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coralrumble.bsky.social @coralrumble.bsky.social · Sep 1

First editorial meeting about the new book this afternoon. Very excited. 😁 @troikabooks.bsky.social

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Troika Books @troikabooks.bsky.social · Sep 1

The fabulous and fun illustrations are by Emily Ford.

Troika Books @troikabooks.bsky.social · Sep 1

OUT TODAY! 🐔#ChickenInTheKitchen has landed...and it's taken off, proving that you can do an unboxing and discover both to be true. Bad luck, Schrödinger. Catch the best clucky poems of @nealzetterpoet.bsky.social #poetryforchildren #poetry Read our blog for more! www.troikabooks.com/blog/a-chick...

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Neal Zetter @nealzetterpoet.bsky.social · Aug 19

Early reviews - positive!

‘It’s clucking great’ - Times Eggducation Supplement

‘Wonderful book - chick it out’ - The Hendipendent

Out 1 Sept

#poems #LibrarySky #EduSky #BookSky #poetry #poetrylovers #TeacherSky#[email protected] #kidlit #teachers @troikabooks.bsky.social

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Troika Books @troikabooks.bsky.social · Aug 19

It's #NationalPotatoDay and we couldn't let that go by without saying that potato is a unlikely but very real hero in #ElectricLife by @racheldelahaye.bsky.social - if you know, you know. If you don't know, maybe you should find out...

Red and blue cover of Electric Life with a skyscraper city with wires coming out of it.

two potatoes next to a bowl of mashed potato.

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coralrumble.bsky.social @coralrumble.bsky.social · Aug 18

Thanks for including Little light, @robwaltonwriter.bsky.social

www.booktrust.org.uk/book-recomme...

9 books that break format and genre rules

Author Rob Walton recommends his favourite highly original books that play with format.

www.booktrust.org.uk

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Troika Books @troikabooks.bsky.social · Aug 16

Bayılacaksınız! #ilksatircocuk - a treat in store for young Turkish readers!

coralrumble.bsky.social @coralrumble.bsky.social · Aug 15

Jakub’s off to Turkey in September. That boy loves a holiday!
(Illustrator Merve Dilek Efe) ⁦‪@TroikaBooks‬⁩

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Neal Zetter @nealzetterpoet.bsky.social · Aug 3

#authors - we all start somewhere! 1st (c1980) + latest (Sept 2025) books:

#poems #LibrarySky #EduSky #BookSky #poetry #TeacherSky #poetrylovers #PoetrySky #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #teachers #literacy @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social #kidlit @troikabooks.bsky.social

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Tia Fisher @tiafisher.bsky.social · Aug 2

Jean Sylvester is a complex teenager, with well-realised issues about family, friends and love-life. Her discovery that infinite parallel universes exist which had me completely gripped. Who would she have been if she'd made different decisions? And how would her relationships be different? ... 1/2

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Troika Books @troikabooks.bsky.social · Aug 2

It's #NationalFamilyHistory month so what better time to pick up a copy of one of #sueklauber's exciting teen novels #Zinc and #Cobalt, based on her family's story of code-breaking, bravery and resistance in #WW2.

Covers with graphics of fighter planes and tanks

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Troika Books @troikabooks.bsky.social · Jul 30

It's #InternationalFriendshipDay so what better way of celebrating friendship and understanding between people and peoples than reading a copy of #JakubsOtter by @coralrumble.bsky.social - winner of the @sparkbookaward.bsky.social 🏆🧡

Orange cover with an illustration of an otter standing upright, with the title Jakub's Otter and the author name, Coral Rumble.

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Troika Books @troikabooks.bsky.social · Jul 26

It's #NationalMarineWeek so what better time to pick up a copy of the acclaimed children's book #DayOfTheWhale by @racheldelahaye.bsky.social which is a love letter to nature and a plea to conserve our oceans, wrapped up in an island thriller!

Bright book cover with the title again at a sea backdrop with a whale drawn into the sand at the bottom

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Brian Moses @brianmosespoet.bsky.social · Jul 22

On #WorldBrainDay is this the perfect book to read?
Find out about its author, Sarah Ziman, and read some of her work plus my review of her book here - brian-moses.blogspot.com/2020/01/gues... @bardymum.bsky.social @troikabooks.bsky.social

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