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.
Monday, November 25, 2024
Happy Thanksgiving 2024!
Sunday, October 20, 2024
"Charles Drew and His Missing Stethoscope" will be available soon!
Saturday, October 19, 2024
Let's Learn about An Interesting Plant: Kudzu!
Saturday, August 24, 2024
New Book Alert! The award-winning book, "Lion's Water" by Sheila Ngonzi Hackbarth and Angela Rue and Maiken Bullard (Illustrators) is available now! ❤️
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
πNew Book Alert! Educator and breast cancer survivor, Tameka L. Pearson, has a therapeutic coloring book with encouraging messages of hope. ππΏAvailable now! πΉ Support. π
Monday, July 15, 2024
πJoin us for Picnic with a Purpose: Mother and Daughter Mindfulness Experience!
Tuesday, July 9, 2024
New Book Alert! Check out "The Day Madear Voted" (2024) by Wade Hudson and Don Tate (Illustrator)
The Day Madea Voted is a moving look at a Black family’s journey to exercise their right to vote and imagine a better future.
A moving look at a Black family’s journey to exercise their right to vote and imagine a better future.
Charlie and Ralph’s mom has waited a long time to vote because countless obstacles have been put in Black people’s way to stop them from having a say in elections—obstacles that it took a lot of hard work to tear down. But now, in 1969, Madear is going to vote for the very first time, and the boys are coming along on this exciting day. A day that puts a new bounce in their mom’s step, and enables them all to begin to dream of a better future.
Wade Hudson and Don Tate give young readers a warm family story as well as a powerful glimpse into the struggle that had to be waged to achieve a fundamental right of citizenship
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π Happy birthday to poet and educator, Nikki Giovanni! We π§‘you! “ Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste.”—Nikki...
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π π€ ❤️ #Juneteenth #Juneteenth2025 Celebrate Juneteenth with us by supporting literacy and Black authorship! RSVP is required for both ...





