Our Story Time Podcast is FREE, without ads, and available 24/7. Help us make sure children around the world can learn through stories.

We feel fortunate that we have been able to give members of our community access to good books that reflect positive images and messages about themselves.

Reading to young children is a powerful way to build vocabulary and language skills. We were blessed to get a visit from Patrice McLaurin, the author of four amazing books on December 3, 2022!

We specialize in making SMILES. We served refreshments and gave out books and prizes to children who came to our Halloween Book Festival!

Our space is available to people who want to constructively engage members of our community. There is no vendor's fee, but we ask that you make a small donation to ensure that we can continue offering a place for literacy and learning!

Please email us at avantgardebooks@gmail.com for more information about having a book signing in our bookstore. #LetsReadTogether

It's critical that our children know the power of stories. That's why we have people read to them every Saturday at 2:00 pm! Join us! We would love to see you! Also, let us know if you would like to be a reader! THANK YOU!

We love to read! If you do, too, please join us! Each month, we select a book to read and discuss together. Our October book is Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in An American Prison by Shaka Senghor. We meet virtually the last Sunday of every month. Please email us at avantgardebooks@gmail.com for more information. #LetsReadTogether

We are committed to supporting teachers. We are excited to announce that kindergarten teacher, Jamila Cooper is our October recipient of our "Teachers Rock" tee-shirt. We are GRATEFUL for her service to children in our community. 

It's critical that our children know the power of stories. That's why we have people read to them every Saturday at 2:00 pm! Join us! We would love to see you! Also, let us know if you would like to be a reader! THANK YOU!

If you are an independent author in the Atlanta metropolitan area, please feel free to reach out to us about doing a book signing/talk. It is absolutely free until January 2023. Email us at avantgardebooks@gmail.com for more information. Pictured: Mathias Hardeman, Sr., the author and film producer of Pulpit Gangster. 

We are committed to supporting teachers. Each month we will recognize an outstanding teacher in the Atlanta metropolitan area. He or she will get a free "Teachers Rock" shirt. We hope you will support us. THANK YOU!

While there is still so much to do, we have finally moved into our new space. This was made possible by generous and kind people who understand our mission to eliminate illiteracy in SW Atlanta! We are grateful for your support! 

We are looking forward to having our very first "live" story time Saturday, August 27, 2022 at 2:00 p.m.. Light refreshments will be served. You can support this effort by making a small donation of any amount. Thank you! 

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When young learners cannot speak well, read or write, they can get rich vocabulary, language structure, and content when people read to them. This is the reason we do story time almost every day. Check out our audio files on our "Story Time" page. Thank you for helping us!

We are excited to share that we have finally moved into our new space! Yesterday, August 2, 2022 was our first fully operation day in the bookstore. While there is still so much to do, we are GRATEFUL to reach this milestone. We know that our progress was made possible by GENEROUS people like YOU! 

Our official move-in day was Sunday, August 1, 2022! We are still getting things together, but cannot say, "Thank you" enough to all the GREAT people who have helped us.   

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for your prayers, purchases, shout-outs, donations, referrals, sound business advice, tips, words of encouragement, and most of all, LOVE! 

We are elated beyond measure about the activities we have planned for our new space. While we know our mission takes hard work and time, we are willing to take on the challenge. It's not too late to make a monetary contribution to our efforts.  With your help, we will continue our mission of eliminating illiteracy in SW Atlanta! Peace and abundant blessings to you and yours! 

What you see has been made possible by Sean M. Hamilton!  We are GRATEFUL for his and your support! It's not too late to join us in transforming our new location into something special. We APPRECIATE YOU! Cash App: $Avantgardebooks

In lieu of a monetary donation, please consider donating some furniture. We need some bookcases, tables, chairs, and plants. Email us at avantgardebooks@gmail.com with details for dropping things off. 

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

We are so close to moving into our new space! There are still some things we need help with. Please consider making a donation of any amount. 

We are GRATEFUL for you! 

We cannot say thank you enough to Sean Hamilton who is donating his time and money to making sure our new space looks GOOD!  You are welcome to join us in transforming our new location into something special. We APPRECIATE YOU!! 

If you own a business, please reach out to us at avantgardebooks@gmail.com. Let's find ways to help each other! 

We are GRATEFUL for you! 

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Join us for our First Annual Juneteenth Books and Barbeque Celebration on Thursday, June 16, 2022 at the Mall West End (4-6 pm)

We are grateful for Xavier Durden and Earl Coefield for helping us take down the old Payless sign! Our new space is for creatives and lifelong learners. You are welcome to join us in transforming this space into something special. THANK YOU! 

We're expanding our bookstore to offer more support to independent authors. When you help us, you are really helping yourself. You will have a place for book talks and signings. Your donation will help us make our space beautiful. We are GRATEFUL for you! 

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A very special thanks goes to Sean M. Hamilton who has donated his time and money to help us. .You can join us too. No donation is too small. We APPRECIATE you! 

Our progress is a result of a lot of help from good people! Special thanks go to Earl Coefield, Xavier Durden, Sean Hamilton, Russell Ivory, all the donors, the Mall West End's manager and owners, and our bookstore dreams fundraiser captain, Ms. Beth Bolden. We are GRATEFUL!

It goes without saying that it takes money to build. We need paint, flooring, shelving, decorations....to make our new space nice. We hope you will join us in changing the narrative in our commUNITY. A small donation can help us do big things.

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We want to improve literacy and learning and we CAN. We are not focused on just selling books, but SAVING disadvantaged youth. Our bookstore will have classrooms for enrichment activities as well as tutorials. Thank you for helping us!

We are transforming the old Payless Shoe Store space in the Mall West End into a beautiful bookstore/ café. There will be an engaging children's corner for weekly story time. 

It goes without saying that it takes money to build. We need paint, flooring, shelving, decorations....to make our new space nice. We hope you will join us in changing the narrative in our commUNITY. A small donation can help us do big things.

Cash App: $Avantgardebooks 

We want to improve literacy and learning and we CAN. We are not focused on just selling books, but SAVING disadvantaged youth. Our bookstore will have classrooms for enrichment activities as well as tutorials. Thank you for helping us!