Emily Ratica

[Sara Smith @smwordsmith.bsky.social @sm_wordsmith]

Eeekkk! How exciting!! Check out all these cool new books coming out from @aasl and @ALALibrary!! Including the super cute #MangaGTS! 🥳🤘🏻 @mangalibrarian @BespokeLib @St_741 @emratica

[Emily Ratica @emratica]

Best part of #SDCC24 was meeting INCREDIBLE authors & creators! All were gracious enough to sign my bag - a great memory! Thanks to @johnbgallagher @GailSimone @JIJennings @naominovik @NicolaYoon @marikotamaki @JonathanMaberry @WriteinBK @davidbooher @NikkiPayneBooks 📚

[Emily Ratica @emratica]

Great manga coming from @UdonEnt this year: King Lear & Sherlock Holmes (which looks AMAZING) from Manga Classics & then more new biographies will follow the Charles Shultz title that comes out in October, including Amelia Earhart, & Momofuku Ando (creator of Instant Noodles)!

[Emily Ratica @emratica]

So excited to be at a panel at #SDCC24 where @goraina and @scottmccloud are discussing their new book “The Cartoonist Club”! Telegemeier describes the book as a mix between her website’s FAQ page and the “Do-Re-Me” song from The Sound of Music. 😂😂

[Emily Ratica @emratica]

@LemanskyRachel @DrTLovesBooks @sm_wordsmith @manga_librarian @BespokeLib YESSSSS - I’m so glad this helped! Don’t make the same mistake I did by buying One Piece 1-50!! Only 1 or 2 students ever made it through that many and it took up SO MUCH SPACE!!!

[Katie McNamara @KatieJMcNamara]

So much #manga wisdom from @sm_wordsmith @emratica @BespokeLib @manga_librarian #BossLibrarianPD Preorder Manga Goes to School for more wisdom https://t.co/BlRzwSTY9X

[Steve *It's TAY-tro* Tetreault @DrTLovesBooks]

If you are not reading @sm_wordsmith @manga_librarian @BespokeLib @emratica & Sybil “Mouna” Toure's book MANGA GOES TO SCHOOL, you are missing out! They are sharing so many reasons Manga belongs on our shelves, and great titles to help us get there! #BossLibrarianPD

[Rachel Lemansky #ISTELive #EduGuardians #BEEGOLD @LemanskyRachel]

@DrTLovesBooks @sm_wordsmith @manga_librarian @BespokeLib @emratica This was a great session! I really needed to hear that one simple tip (permission) to focus on getting multiple copies of the first 3-5 books instead of 1 copy of all 50 titles in a series. 😂

[Sara Smith @smwordsmith.bsky.social @sm_wordsmith]

Last panel of #ALAAC24 and 1st #MangaGTS talk done! Thanks to everyone who came to our session! We started with an anime OP dance party, gave rapid-fire info from the book, & encouraged pre-orders. We’ll see you all @ next talk @ #AASL25!
@BespokeLib @manga_librarian

[Emily Ratica @emratica]

I haven’t posted anything in a looong time, but I had to share because I am so excited about #MangaGoesToSchool, available this winter from @aasl. It was a labor of love with @sm_wordsmith, @BespokeLib, @manga_librarian, and @St_741. Check it out here: https://t.co/xUAQmAyrtb

[Sara Smith @smwordsmith.bsky.social @sm_wordsmith]

I’m so excited to share our upcoming book, #MangaGoesToSchool from @aasl, out this winter. I was honored to work on this project w @manga_librarian, @BespokeLib, @emratica, & @St_741. We hope this will be a great resource for #SchoolLibraries! Preorder: https://t.co/5hP12coIze

[Julie Stivers. Say Gay. Say Trans. @BespokeLib]

Thrilled to share the cover for *Manga Goes to School* coming out later this year from @alaeditions! It was a joy to collaborate with @manga_librarian @sm_wordsmith @emratica @St_741 to create this guide tailored for school ❤ librarians. @aasl https://t.co/jvXhzhQOMa

[Emily Ratica @emratica]

@JRLibrarian

[Jillian Rudes @JRLibrarian]

"Manga in Libraries: A Guide for Teen Librarians" features spotlight interviews from manga experts and #MangaLibrarians who share their ideas about a variety of topics! Quote from @OkazuYuri! https://t.co/33ZIpZ2Mb3 @alaeditions #ReadManga

[Sara Smith @smwordsmith.bsky.social @sm_wordsmith]

Y’all! My friend made a book!! And I’m in it! So happy to have this in my hands now 😍 Grab your copy! @JRLibrarian #MangaInLibraries #Manga #SchoolLibraries https://t.co/AsKYBM0fJV

[Sara Smith @smwordsmith.bsky.social @sm_wordsmith]

Hey #SLJSummit! If you went to @cuethelibrarian’s session instead of mine, you still had a great time but “missed” my stuff. Never fear, I got y’all.

Pres - https://t.co/8Wjy7Drgiz
Elem list - https://t.co/SkbS1lp2Vh
MS - https://t.co/ks3CYHdDBJ
HS - https://t.co/WWKntrX5H7

[Emily Ratica @emratica]

@abmack33 😂😂😂 I thought the same thing! But normally I know about YA movies that are made from books so I was so confused, like how was this the first time I’d heard about it???

[Library of Congress @librarycongress]

Hearing @lizzo play some of the Library's priceless antique instruments on Monday was such a gift, and we were honored and happy to help her share that gift with her concert audience Tuesday night. Here is some more behind-the-scenes footage of her Library tour. #LizzoAtLOC

[Emily Ratica @emratica]

@NoetheMatt Me too! I’m halfway through the second episode and I honestly don’t get why people are not liking it? Is it just because of blatant racism? Because everything has been spot on so far and I’m really enjoying it! Particularly loving the dwarves and seeing inside Khazad-dum. ⚒️⛏

[Emily Ratica @emratica]

@QueenOfRats A student read this NF GN and said it was the best thing she’d ever read and made her feel better about herself. While the main character is a 27 yo French woman, my HS students like it.