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  • Angelina Jolie shared snaps of her daughters Zahara and Shiloh on her new Instagram
  • One photo showed Zahara smiling while reading Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye"
  • Shiloh, meanwhile, chose Akala's teen novel "The Dark Lady" 

Angelina Jolie gave her fans a glimpse at what kept her children busy during the summer.

The "Maleficent" star posted rare photos of her kids, whom she shares with estranged husband Brad Pitt, for the first time ever on her new Instagram account.

"End of #summerreading," Jolie captioned the photos. "These are some of the favorites in our house. Would love to know yours."

In the first picture, Jolie's daughter Zahara Jolie-Pitt, who was adopted by her parents when she was 6 months old from an orphanage in Ethiopia, can be seen smiling while reading Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye." She sported a septum ring and multiple earrings.

The second snap featured Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, 15, reading Akala's teen novel "The Dark Lady." She looked comfortable in a black hoodie with her hair tied up in a bun.

Jolie is also mom to Maddox, 20, Pax, 17, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 13.

Fans flooded her post with warm messages for their family.

"The Jolie girls are so beautiful," one commented, while another wrote, "How beautiful they are."

"Love you and your family," a third fan wrote.

Some followers also recommended some books that Jolie's kids could check out.

"The Color Purple by Alice Walker! Masterpiece," one person said, while another suggested Paulo Coelho's "The Alchemist."

"The Shack by William Paul Young," another netizen recommended. "Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson is a fave of mine," wrote a fourth Instagram user.

Jolie joined Instagram in August to share a letter she received from an anonymous teenage girl in Afghanistan who wrote that she is scared of the Taliban's ascendance into power.

In just three days, the actress amassed 8.9 million followers. At present, she has 10.2 million followers and counting.

The "Eternals" star beat Rupert Grint, Sir David Attenborough and Jennifer Aniston, who all broke the Guinness World Record for fastest to reach 1 million Instagram followers.

Aniston reached 1 million followers in over five hours. Attenborough surpassed her record by achieving it in four hours and 44 minutes before Grint's account gathered a million followers in just four hours and one minute. However, Jolie reached 2.1 million followers in under three hours.

Angelina Jolie and Shiloh
ROME, ITALY - OCTOBER 07: (L-R) Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt attend the European premiere of the movie "Maleficent – Mistress Of Evil" at Auditorium della Conciliazione on October 07, 2019 in Rome, Italy. Franco Origlia/Getty Images