A Children's Place Bookstore
Portland's oldest independent children's bookstore! Just ask Lynn’s daughter, Kirsten. The store recently moved to its present location on Fremont St.
A Children’s Place Bookstore opened its doors to Portland families more than forty years ago and has been helping raise voracious readers ever since. A Children’s Place has been through a few changes over the past decades: expansions, contractions, and re-locations, but it’s still pretty much the same as it was when Lynn Kelly and Jan Bruton started up in a small storefront on Broadway in 1974. Sh
11/15/2023
New titles! 📚
11/07/2023
New Release Tuesday! 📚
10/31/2023
Last minute Halloween books!! 👻 🎃
10/23/2023
New Diary of a Wimpy Kid out tomorrow! No Brainer
10/17/2023
New titles! 🌍
10/10/2023
New titles! 🦕
10/04/2023
New titles! 🎉
09/27/2023
Fun new titles! 🤖
09/25/2023
We can’t forget the new Wings of Fire Guide to the Dragon World… 🐉
09/25/2023
New titles!
09/19/2023
Fun new titles! 🎉
09/13/2023
New titles! 🎉
09/12/2023
New titles! 😁
08/30/2023
New releases!
08/28/2023
New titles! ☀️☀️☀️
08/22/2023
New titles! ☀️
08/17/2023
New titles! ☀️
08/04/2023
We are bringing back story time! Join us this Saturday, August 5th, at 10:30am for our first Saturday Story Time. We hope to see you there!
08/02/2023
New titles! 🌞
07/28/2023
Join us at 4pm on Monday, July 31st for our annual Where’s Waldo party at A Children’s Place! There will be cake and prizes for all participants. Many of our lovely local businesses have already donated prizes - thank you!!
The grand prize is a Where’s Waldo full boxed set!
07/06/2023
Join us this Saturday, July 8th from 2-3pm with ! This is Jude’s newest book, “Maybe There Are Witches”. We’re excited to meet him on Saturday! 📚
07/01/2023
It’s that time of year! Our annual Where’s Waldo adventure starts tomorrow, Saturday July 1st. Waldo is hiding in some of our favorite local businesses…can you find him?!
A Children’s Place will host a Where’s Waldo party with a raffle, prizes, and cake to celebrate all of our participants and local businesses at the end of the month.
Make sure to pick up your passport at A Children’s Place to begin your adventure! Find Waldo and collect stamps from the following local businesses:
06/30/2023
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Our Story
A Children’s Place Bookstore opened its doors to Portland families more than forty years ago and has been helping raise voracious readers ever since. While the bookstore has been through a few changes over the past decades: expansions, contractions, and re-locations, it’s still pretty much the same as it was when Lynn Kelly and Jan Bruton started up in a small storefront on Broadway in 1974. Just ask Lynn’s daughter, Kirsten! She remembers coming to A Children’s Place when she was a child — and now Kirsten is part of our stroller-pushing crowd, bringing her own twin daughters by to visit. Kirsten is part of a distinguished group of other parents who come in from time to time and tell us they remember coming into the store when they were kids.
Since 1974, A Children’s Place has been through a couple of different owners and is now under the proud stewardship of Pam Erlandson. The store recently moved to its present location on Fremont St. in the Irvington neighborhood after fifteen years in the Beaumont neighborhood. Come by and visit us — we’d love to see you!
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Opening Hours
| Monday | 10am - 5pm |
| Tuesday | 10am - 5pm |
| Wednesday | 10am - 5pm |
| Thursday | 10am - 5pm |
| Friday | 10am - 5pm |
| Saturday | 10am - 5pm |
| Sunday | 12pm - 5pm |
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