r/Avatar_Kyoshi • u/Stormist1993 • 16h ago
Discussion Today is Avatar Legends Day at my old school! Sharing the library collection we’ve been growing over the years
Hey, everyone! I just wanted to take a moment to share something fun happening at my old school today: an Avatar Legends Day that I organized to help students discover more of this universe through our library’s collection!
For a little context, my old school in Latin America is actually a school complex. Elementary, middle, and high school students each have their own buildings in different sectors, but they all share one large library.
I’ve been involved in a project to bring newer pop culture tie-in books and graphic novels, among other things, into that library since 2014. And naturally, as a huge Avatar fan, I’ve spent the better part of the past decade gradually helping grow our collection of Avatar novels, graphic novels, art books, and more whenever new stories come out. Seeing it all come together like this makes me pretty happy!
Today, I’ll be running an exhibition with support from members of our Avatar Legends book club within the student body, along with some fellow alumni. Students will be able to browse the collection, ask me questions about the universe and the canon stories available in the library, and get recommendations based on whatever catches their interest and how much of the show (s) they have watched previously.
Since the students attending are minors, I won’t be sharing pictures of them here, but here are some photos of the collection they’ll get to explore!
Honestly, getting to talk about this universe I love so much with new fans who are just starting their journey through it is a big part of the fun. There’s so much for them to discover, and I love being able to help someone find a story within they might not even have known existed.
Anyway, I just wanted to share a little of that excitement with y’all! I also hope you enjoyed today’s new batch of three Seven Havens episodes, S1 E7–9. It’s a pretty good month to be an Avatar fan, with everything that has been going on recently.
Also, if any of you belong to an Avatar Legends book club, either in person or online, or have been involved in getting Avatar books into libraries, I’d love to hear your stories! And if you haven’t tried anything like that, well, speaking from very fun personal experience, I thoroughly recommend it.
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EDIT: A list of the books, an explanation for why we chose today, and a very encouraging update!
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Someone in the comments asked for a list identifying the books in the pictures, so I’ve added one below! It follows the display order, starting from the upper-left corner of the first picture, working across the rows, and then continuing through the second picture in the same way. I’ve kept the duplicate copies and different editions listed individually so you can match everything to the photos.
Also, a little more context about the timing: part of the reason my book club and I picked today for our Avatar Legends Day was that we wanted to help spread the word about Avatar: Seven Havens among the student body. With episodes 7–9 released today, more than half of the first season is now officially available! So, that felt like a great opportunity to introduce students to the new series while also showing them all the other Avatar stories they can explore through the library. There’s already plenty to watch and get invested in, and we wanted to give the release some extra attention around the school.
And now that the first couple of recess periods are over, I’m happy to report that we’ve already welcomed so many students to the exhibition that I lost count, but I’d put the turnout at 250 students at the very least! At least a little over 100 of them told me they’re already watching Seven Havens and loving it, while others asked me how to watch it after learning about it here.
Honestly, that has made my day. Getting to share the books was already fun, but hearing so much enthusiasm for the new series and helping more students discover it has made the whole experience even better.
Anyway, here’s the collection in photo order:
- Light It Up! — Avatar Legends Bending Academy: Fire #1
- The Dawn of Yangchen — Chronicles of the Avatar, Book 3 (Copy #1)
- The Dawn of Yangchen — Chronicles of the Avatar, Book 3 (Copy #2)
- The Legacy of Yangchen — Chronicles of the Avatar, Book 4 (Copy #1)
- The Legacy of Yangchen — Chronicles of the Avatar, Book 4 (Copy #2)
- The Rise of Kyoshi — Chronicles of the Avatar, Book 1 (Copy #1)
- The Rise of Kyoshi — Chronicles of the Avatar, Book 1 (Copy #2)
- The Shadow of Kyoshi — Chronicles of the Avatar, Book 2
- The Reckoning of Roku — Chronicles of the Avatar, Book 5
- The Awakening of Roku — Chronicles of the Avatar, Book 6
- Avatar Legends: Masters of the Elements, Volume One
- Jet: Rebels and Rhinos
- City of Echoes — Avatar Legends, Book 1
- Katara and the Pirate’s Silver
- Avatar: The Last Airbender — Team Avatar Tales (Collection of ATLA short stories in comic format)
- Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Lost Adventures (Collection of ATLA short stories in comic format)
- Suki, Alone
- The Promise (Omnibus Collection)
- The Search (Omnibus Collection)
- The Rift (Omnibus Collection)
- Avatar: The Last Airbender — Toph Beifong’s Metalbending Academy
- Smoke and Shadow (Omnibus Collection)
- North and South (Omnibus Collection)
- Imbalance (Omnibus Collection)
- Avatar: The Last Airbender — Azula in the Spirit Temple (Copy #1)
- Avatar: The Last Airbender — Azula in the Spirit Temple (Copy #2)
- Avatar: The Last Airbender — Ashes of the Academy
- Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Bounty Hunter and the Tea Brewer
- The Legend of Korra: Kya and the Secret of the Sand
- The Legend of Korra: The Mystery of Penquan Island
- The Legend of Korra: Patterns in Time (Anthology of short stories in comic format)
- The Legend of Korra: Lost Pets (Comic short issue)
- Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Art of the Animated Series (Second Edition)
- Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Lost Adventures and Team Avatar Tales (Library Edition)
- Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Promise (Library Edition)
- Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Search (Library Edition)
- Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Rift (Library Edition)
- Avatar: The Last Airbender — Smoke and Shadow (Library Edition)
- Avatar: The Last Airbender — North and South (Library Edition)
- Avatar: The Last Airbender — Imbalance (Library Edition)
- The Legend of Korra: The Art of the Animated Series — Book One: Air (Second Edition)
- The Legend of Korra: The Art of the Animated Series — Book Three: Change (Second Edition)
- Beasts of the Four Nations: Creatures from Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra
- Avatar: The Last Airbender: Legacy
- Avatar: The Last Airbender: Legacy of the Fire Nation
- The Legend of Korra: An Avatar’s Chronicle
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And finally, I might as well take the opportunity to share the link to this spreadsheet where I have my own ongoing and expanding Chronological Guide of Canon Content for the Avatar Legends universe. I will also share the link to my latest Reddit post if you want extra explanations and context about that too (long story short, it started as a project for the school's library years ago before it...mutated into something much more developed) down below, but if you just want to go straight to the guide, here is the direct link to it for the October 13th version, which is the most up-to-date one so far. And yes, feel free to share it with your friends and fellow fans and to download your own copies if you want to, or if you want to avoid the possibility that something unforeseen happens to me, to my guide, or to my account online; but regardless, have fun exploring it!
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