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Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on his birthday🕊️
“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)🤍
“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)🤍
January 15, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on his birthday🕊️
“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)🤍
“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)🤍
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🕊️Rest in honor and peace to Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at the start of the civil rights movement. She died at 86 years old on January 13, 2026. 🤍
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Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice (Paperback) by Phillip Hoose
On March 2, 1955, an impassioned teenager, fed up with the daily injustices of Jim Crow segregation, refused to give her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Instead of be...
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January 15, 2026 at 8:54 PM
🕊️Rest in honor and peace to Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at the start of the civil rights movement. She died at 86 years old on January 13, 2026. 🤍
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💙📚 Happy New Year🎉
December 31, 2025 at 10:27 AM
💙📚 Happy New Year🎉
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January 2, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Happy National Mentoring Month! THANK YOU for your SUPPORT! 🙏🏿We APPRECIATE your prayers, words of encouragement, purchases, smiles, referrals, shout-outs and L❤️VE! #LetsReadTogether #ReadingMatters 💙📚 We’re looking forward to reading with you this #January AvantgardeBooks.net #HappyNewCalendarYear
Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on his birthday🕊️
“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)🤍
“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)🤍
January 15, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on his birthday🕊️
“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)🤍
“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)🤍
🕊️Rest in honor and peace to Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at the start of the civil rights movement. She died at 86 years old on January 13, 2026. 🤍
avantgardebooks.net/shop/ols/pro...
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Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice (Paperback) by Phillip Hoose
On March 2, 1955, an impassioned teenager, fed up with the daily injustices of Jim Crow segregation, refused to give her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Instead of be...
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January 15, 2026 at 8:54 PM
🕊️Rest in honor and peace to Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at the start of the civil rights movement. She died at 86 years old on January 13, 2026. 🤍
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The Avant-garde Books team remembers Zora Neale Hurston who was born this day in 1891. As a writer, Hurston produced diverse genres of literature including novels, folktales, short stories, essays, and anthropological research. Her most enduring work, "Their Eyes Were Watching God". #HappyBirthday🎂
January 8, 2026 at 2:34 AM
The Avant-garde Books team remembers Zora Neale Hurston who was born this day in 1891. As a writer, Hurston produced diverse genres of literature including novels, folktales, short stories, essays, and anthropological research. Her most enduring work, "Their Eyes Were Watching God". #HappyBirthday🎂
Happy National Mentoring Month! THANK YOU for your SUPPORT! 🙏🏿We APPRECIATE your prayers, words of encouragement, purchases, smiles, referrals, shout-outs and L❤️VE! #LetsReadTogether #ReadingMatters 💙📚 We’re looking forward to reading with you this #January AvantgardeBooks.net #HappyNewCalendarYear
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Literacy is the foundation for all learning. Let Avant-garde Books help you thrive on your lifelong, educational journey!
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January 2, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Happy National Mentoring Month! THANK YOU for your SUPPORT! 🙏🏿We APPRECIATE your prayers, words of encouragement, purchases, smiles, referrals, shout-outs and L❤️VE! #LetsReadTogether #ReadingMatters 💙📚 We’re looking forward to reading with you this #January AvantgardeBooks.net #HappyNewCalendarYear
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☁️Book of the Month☁️
When the University of Alabama’s football team drafts Forrest and makes him a star, it sets him on an unbelievable path that will transform him from Vietnam hero to world-class Ping-Pong player, from wrestler to entrepreneur.
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When the University of Alabama’s football team drafts Forrest and makes him a star, it sets him on an unbelievable path that will transform him from Vietnam hero to world-class Ping-Pong player, from wrestler to entrepreneur.
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Forrest Gump (paperback) by Winston Groom
The modern classic that inspired the beloved movie starring Tom Hanks. Six foot six, 242 pounds, and possessed of a scant IQ of 70, Forrest Gump is the lovable, surprisingly savvy hero of this classic...
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January 2, 2026 at 12:07 AM
☁️Book of the Month☁️
When the University of Alabama’s football team drafts Forrest and makes him a star, it sets him on an unbelievable path that will transform him from Vietnam hero to world-class Ping-Pong player, from wrestler to entrepreneur.
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When the University of Alabama’s football team drafts Forrest and makes him a star, it sets him on an unbelievable path that will transform him from Vietnam hero to world-class Ping-Pong player, from wrestler to entrepreneur.
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☁️Word of the Day☁️
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MELIORISM Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
MELIORISM definition: the doctrine that the world tends to become better or may be made better by human effort. See examples of meliorism used in a sentence.
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December 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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#HappyKwanzaa
Li'l Rabbit wants to celebrate his favorite part of #Kwanzaa, the feast of Karamu, but poor Granna Rabbit is sick in bed. Li'l Rabbit decides to go off and find a very special treat for Granna Rabbit so she can have the most wonderful Karamu.
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Li'l Rabbit wants to celebrate his favorite part of #Kwanzaa, the feast of Karamu, but poor Granna Rabbit is sick in bed. Li'l Rabbit decides to go off and find a very special treat for Granna Rabbit so she can have the most wonderful Karamu.
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Li'l Rabbit's Kwanzaa (Hardcover) by Donna L. Washington illustrated by Shane W. Evans
Li'l Rabbit wants to celebrate his favorite part of Kwanzaa, the feast of Karamu, but poor Granna Rabbit is sick in bed. Li'l Rabbit decides to go off and find a very special treat for Granna Rabbit s...
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December 27, 2025 at 1:26 AM
#HappyKwanzaa
Li'l Rabbit wants to celebrate his favorite part of #Kwanzaa, the feast of Karamu, but poor Granna Rabbit is sick in bed. Li'l Rabbit decides to go off and find a very special treat for Granna Rabbit so she can have the most wonderful Karamu.
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Li'l Rabbit wants to celebrate his favorite part of #Kwanzaa, the feast of Karamu, but poor Granna Rabbit is sick in bed. Li'l Rabbit decides to go off and find a very special treat for Granna Rabbit so she can have the most wonderful Karamu.
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#HappyKwanzaa Using the Nguzo Saba, or “seven principles” of #Kwanzaa, the author creates an unforgettable story that shows how family members can pull together, for their own good and the good of the entire community.
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Seven Spools Of Thread: A Kwanzaa Story (Paperback) by Angela Shelf Medearis illustrated by Daniel Minter
Seven African brothers live in a small village in Ghana. They make family life miserable with their constant fighting. When their father dies, he leaves an unusual will: by sundown, the brothers must ...
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December 27, 2025 at 1:30 AM
#HappyKwanzaa Using the Nguzo Saba, or “seven principles” of #Kwanzaa, the author creates an unforgettable story that shows how family members can pull together, for their own good and the good of the entire community.
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💙📚 Happy New Year🎉
December 31, 2025 at 10:27 AM
💙📚 Happy New Year🎉
#HappyKwanzaa Using the Nguzo Saba, or “seven principles” of #Kwanzaa, the author creates an unforgettable story that shows how family members can pull together, for their own good and the good of the entire community.
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Seven Spools Of Thread: A Kwanzaa Story (Paperback) by Angela Shelf Medearis illustrated by Daniel Minter
Seven African brothers live in a small village in Ghana. They make family life miserable with their constant fighting. When their father dies, he leaves an unusual will: by sundown, the brothers must ...
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December 27, 2025 at 1:30 AM
#HappyKwanzaa Using the Nguzo Saba, or “seven principles” of #Kwanzaa, the author creates an unforgettable story that shows how family members can pull together, for their own good and the good of the entire community.
🖤❤️💚
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#HappyKwanzaa
Li'l Rabbit wants to celebrate his favorite part of #Kwanzaa, the feast of Karamu, but poor Granna Rabbit is sick in bed. Li'l Rabbit decides to go off and find a very special treat for Granna Rabbit so she can have the most wonderful Karamu.
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Li'l Rabbit wants to celebrate his favorite part of #Kwanzaa, the feast of Karamu, but poor Granna Rabbit is sick in bed. Li'l Rabbit decides to go off and find a very special treat for Granna Rabbit so she can have the most wonderful Karamu.
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Li'l Rabbit's Kwanzaa (Hardcover) by Donna L. Washington illustrated by Shane W. Evans
Li'l Rabbit wants to celebrate his favorite part of Kwanzaa, the feast of Karamu, but poor Granna Rabbit is sick in bed. Li'l Rabbit decides to go off and find a very special treat for Granna Rabbit s...
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December 27, 2025 at 1:26 AM
#HappyKwanzaa
Li'l Rabbit wants to celebrate his favorite part of #Kwanzaa, the feast of Karamu, but poor Granna Rabbit is sick in bed. Li'l Rabbit decides to go off and find a very special treat for Granna Rabbit so she can have the most wonderful Karamu.
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Li'l Rabbit wants to celebrate his favorite part of #Kwanzaa, the feast of Karamu, but poor Granna Rabbit is sick in bed. Li'l Rabbit decides to go off and find a very special treat for Granna Rabbit so she can have the most wonderful Karamu.
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🎁If we said "thank you" a million times it wouldn't be enough to express the depth of our GRATITUDE for the love and support we've received this holiday season. #2025
-The Avant-garde Books' Team 📚
🎄Merry Christmas🎄
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🎄Merry Christmas🎄
December 25, 2025 at 5:57 AM
🎁If we said "thank you" a million times it wouldn't be enough to express the depth of our GRATITUDE for the love and support we've received this holiday season. #2025
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🎄Merry Christmas🎄
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🎄Merry Christmas🎄
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☁️Quote of the Day☁️
"Grief, I've learned, is really just love. It's all the love you want to give, but cannot. All of that unspent love gathers in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in the hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go.” ~Jamie Anderson, writer
"Grief, I've learned, is really just love. It's all the love you want to give, but cannot. All of that unspent love gathers in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in the hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go.” ~Jamie Anderson, writer
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December 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
☁️Quote of the Day☁️
"Grief, I've learned, is really just love. It's all the love you want to give, but cannot. All of that unspent love gathers in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in the hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go.” ~Jamie Anderson, writer
"Grief, I've learned, is really just love. It's all the love you want to give, but cannot. All of that unspent love gathers in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in the hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go.” ~Jamie Anderson, writer
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#TBT: School bus driver saves his money to buy a Christmas gift for every kid on his route🎄
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School bus driver saves his money to buy a Christmas gift for every kid on his route
A school bus driver in Dallas, Texas became a sort of Santa this year.
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December 25, 2025 at 5:15 AM
#TBT: School bus driver saves his money to buy a Christmas gift for every kid on his route🎄
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#BeautifulMemories 🎄This is what happens when you really want a book for Christmas and a very NICE guy decides to BLESS you! 💙📚 #ThrowbackThursdays #EmpowerChildrenWithBooks
December 25, 2025 at 5:29 AM
#BeautifulMemories 🎄This is what happens when you really want a book for Christmas and a very NICE guy decides to BLESS you! 💙📚 #ThrowbackThursdays #EmpowerChildrenWithBooks
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🎄Merry Christmas! #ThrowbackThursday
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🎁Merry Christmas! #GoodDadsMatter We know some of the BEST dads in the world! #EmpowerChildrenWithBooks 💙📚 AvantgardeBooks.net #ThrowbackThursday
December 25, 2025 at 5:35 AM
🎁Merry Christmas! #GoodDadsMatter We know some of the BEST dads in the world! #EmpowerChildrenWithBooks 💙📚 AvantgardeBooks.net #ThrowbackThursday
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#SeasonsGreetings We have GREAT days because we meet GREAT parents! 💛 THANK YOU, King and Queen! #ThrowbackThursday 🎄 #booksasgifts📚 #BooksATL
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December 25, 2025 at 5:40 AM
#SeasonsGreetings We have GREAT days because we meet GREAT parents! 💛 THANK YOU, King and Queen! #ThrowbackThursday 🎄 #booksasgifts📚 #BooksATL
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💙📚It is our responsibility to make sure a new generation of readers in our commUNITY know about Dr. King's legacy. #ThrowbackThursday
🎄Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays🎄
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🎄Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays🎄
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December 25, 2025 at 5:43 AM
💙📚It is our responsibility to make sure a new generation of readers in our commUNITY know about Dr. King's legacy. #ThrowbackThursday
🎄Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays🎄
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🎄Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays🎄
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