Avant-garde Books, LLC is the first Black mother/daughter-owned bookstore in the world. While their physical location at the Mall West End in SW Atlanta is no longer open, they are still committed to promoting literacy and learning, especially among socioeconomically disadvantaged children. Their mission is not just to sell books, but they strive to save and empower members of their commUNITY with the right knowledge about themselves, their history, race, culture, and identity.
Thursday, November 30, 2023
Let's read "Family Medicine: A Novel" by Natasha Jeneen Thomas, MD together!
Sunday, November 26, 2023
๐Let's Learn about the "Qq" Sound! #alphabetsound #alphabet #consonantsounds #preschoollearning ๐
๐Let's Learn about the "Qq" Sound! #alphabetsound #alphabet #consonantsounds
Friday, November 24, 2023
Quotes from Great Books! "An American Story" by Kwame Alexander and Dare Coulter (Illustrator)
How do you tell a painful story from American history? ๐บ๐ธ
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Happy Native American Heritage Month!
Happy Native American Heritage Month! We honor our Native American Heritage: The Cree! "Meegwetch" for your continued support. We GIVE THANKS for your shout-outs, gifts, words of encouragement, purchases, sound business advice, tips, smiles, referrals, and LOVE!❤️❤️❤️ www.avantgardebooks.net
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Quotes from Great Books! "There Was A Party for Langston: King O’ Letters" by Jason Reynolds with art by brothers Jerome Pumphrey and Jarrett Pumphrey
We ❤️ this! “…ever since he was just a little boy daydreaming under the Ohio sky, turning birds into words flying all around him, imagining the clouds as paper to them on. The best word maker in his class…”—from There Was A Party for Langston: King O’ Letters by Jason Reynolds with art by brothers Jerome Pumphrey and Jarrett Pumphrey #readit ๐
Monday, November 20, 2023
Saturday, November 18, 2023
Quotes from Good Books! "A Bear to Share" (2021) by Jessica Alba, Kelly Sawyer Patricof, Norah Weinstein, and Alicia Mรกs (Illustrator)
“All families are different, honey. Some have less, some
have more, and some have just enough… And although things can be unfair and
unequal, it doesn’t mean we can’t do something about it.”—from A Bear to Share
by Jessica Alba, Kelly Sawyer Patricof, Norah Weinstein and Alicia Mรกs
(Illustrator)
Tiana loves her teddy bear, Bach. She doesn’t mind that he’s a little worn and somewhat torn. So when her mother suggests she make room for a new bear, Tiana can’t believe her ears!
Will Tiana have to lose the one bear she really loves? Or will she find room in her heart for two?
Find out in this endearing tale—brought to life by Alicia Mรกs’s imaginative illustrations—about a young girl who learns the importance of letting go and giving back.
A girl with a big heart who loves her teddy bear, her family, and her best friend, Tiana will appeal to any child trying to understand what it means to give back to others.
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๐ Happy birthday to poet and educator, Nikki Giovanni! We ๐งกyou! “ Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste.”—Nikki...
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๐ ๐ค ❤️ #Juneteenth #Juneteenth2025 Celebrate Juneteenth with us by supporting literacy and Black authorship! RSVP is required for both ...






