A Children's Place Bookstore

A Children's Place Bookstore Portland's oldest independent children's bookstore! Raising readers for over 50 years. We have many parents who remember coming in when they were kids!

About Us
We opened our doors to Portland families in 1974 and have been helping to raise readers ever since! A Children’s Place has been through many changes over the past decades: expansions, contractions, and relocations, but we've still got the same passion and community mindset as when Lynn Kelly and Jan Bruton started up in a small store front on Broadway fifty years ago. Since the time that Lynn and Jan opened A Children's Place, the store has been through several owners. In 2024, Kira and Ariel became the next generation of caretakers. Both born and raised in Portland, Ariel and Kira have long histories with the store and each other. Friends since high school, Kira started working at A Children’s Place right out of college, and Ariel joined a few years later. Now, as parents with young readers themselves, Kira and Ariel (and their families) are thrilled to keep this Portland treasure alive and committed to raising readers for another fifty years! Throughout the years, we have always been motivated to inspire a love of reading while building community and creating enduring connections.

09/13/2026

I posted pictures of the new books on Tuesday, but the first back-to-school cold of the season swarmed through our household this week, so the reel with all of the author/illustrator tags is coming out late.

Here are the week’s new books on the shelves:

New in Grown-Up Books
Cookie Box: Delicious, Giftable Cookies for All Occasions - Miranda Keyes & Michelle Lucas Larving
Food Is a Feeling - Carla Lalli
The Witches of Cambridge - Alice Hoffman
The Pirate Queen - Ariel Lawhon .lawhon
The Art Spy - Michelle Young
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny - Kiran Desai
Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist - Daniel Pollack-Pelzner
The Elements - John Boyne
Among the Burning Flowers - Samantha Shannon
Switzy - Emma Cline
A Guardian and a Thief - Megha Majumdar .maj
The Magician of Tiger Castle - Louis Sachar
Stitched - Eli McCann

09/13/2026

I posted pictures of the new books on Tuesday, but the first back-to-school cold of the season swarmed through our household this week, so the reel with all of the author/illustrator tags is coming out late.

Here are the week’s new books on the shelves:

New in Activities & Board Books
Let’s Find Yaya & Boo At the Park! - Andrew Knapp
A Kid’s Guide to France Lonely Planet Kids
A Kid’s Guide to Spain - Lonely Planet Kids
Myth Match: A Mythical Memory Game -
Moon Oregon: Coastal Getaways, Craft Beer & Wine, Hiking & Camping - Matt Wastradowski
An Immense World (Young Readers Edition) - Ed Yong with Annmarie Anderson & Rebecca Mills edyong209
KPop Demond Hunters Mad Libs
Wacky Magic Windows: Animals
Wacky Magic Windows: Colors
Hoot! A What’s That Noise? Book - Pui Lee
Goodnight: Touch & Feel Stroller Book
Words: Touch & Feel Stroller Book
Speedy Wheels (Box Set)
Bluey: The Weekend
Brain Power Puzzles
Play Smart Early Math (Ages 3-5)
Word Puzzles for Kids
Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book - Diane Muldrow
Decorate the Tree! An Interactive Christmas Book - Amanda Jane Jones

09/13/2026

I posted pictures of the new books on Tuesday, but the first back-to-school cold of the season swarmed through our household this week, so the reel with all of the author/illustrator tags is coming out late.

Here are the week’s new books on the shelves:

New in YA, Graphic Novels & Middle Grade Books
Warrios Super Edition: Darktail’s Judgement - Erin Hunter
The Sherlock Society: Art Attack - James Ponti
Cemetery Boys: Espiritu - Aiden Thomas
Traitors’ Nest - Frances Hardinge
Sisters Alone - Shifa Saltagi Safadi
Merry Christmess - Tegan Quin
Dream Big - Shannon Hale & Marcela Cespedes
Very Far From Home - Hope Larson
Detective Beans & The Map of Mystery - Li Chen
President of the Anime Club - Stephanie Evangelista Fukuda & Daigo Fukuda
Don’t Be Scared - Saadia Faruqi & Shadia Amin
Mind vs. Machine - Steve Sheinkin & Maurice Ashley with Thien Pham
The Wild Season: The Remarkable True Story of a Rabbit Rescue - Dashka Slater
Ms. Pennypickle’s Puzzle Quest -
If Looks Could Kill - Julie Berry
The Rise of Neptune - Scott Reintgen
Lost in the Never Woods - Aiden Thomas
Beasts - Ingvild Bjerkeland with Rosie Hedger
Old School - Gordon Korman
Monkey King: Uproar in Heaven - Alina Chau

09/13/2026

I got pictures of the new books posted on Tuesday, but the first back-to-school cold of the season swarmed through our household this week, so the video with all of the author/illustrator tags is coming out late.

Here are the week’s new books on the shelves:

New in Picture Books
Little Witch Hazel: A Year in the Forest (Gift Edition) - Phoebe Wahl
Amphibians Everywhere - Britta Teckentrup
The Chairs - Britta Teckentrup
The Dragon Mountain - Mathieu Pierloot & François Maumont with Charis Ainslie
Pumpkin on a Vine - David L Harrison & Alice Feagan .l.harrison.14
A Riddle of Eels - Nicholas Day & Corey R. Tabor
Bear’s Nap - Emily Gravett
The Extraordinary History of the Fae - Hazel Atkinson with Camelia Pham .pham
Black Boys, I See You - Wade Hudson with Keith Mallett
I Really Want to See an Elephant - Brianne Farley
The World of Emily Windsnap: Emily’s Great Idea - Liz Kessler with Joanie Stone

Do you have a little monster who needs a little etiquette help? Join us as we welcome Heidi Yates to this week's story t...
09/09/2026

Do you have a little monster who needs a little etiquette help? Join us as we welcome Heidi Yates to this week's story time. She will be sharing her book Monster Manners from A-Z, which is full of polite monsters helping teach others to also be nice.

YanaKozak_illustrator Heidi Yates

New books!
09/09/2026

New books!

09/03/2026

New in YA and Middle Grade Books:

The Neverfear: Impossible Creatures Book Three - Katherine Rundell Katherine Rundell HQ
Witchward Bound (A Butter and Owl Adventure) - Erin Bow with Kelly Murphy Erin Bow yllekyhprum
Blightfall (Riftwake 01) - Brandon Sanderson & Janci Patterson Brandon Sanderson Janci Patterson
Never Ever After - Sue Lynn Tan Sue Lynn Tan
The Siren’s Kiss - Leslie Vedder Leslie Vedder
The Gods Will Sing Our Song - Autumn Krause Autumn Krause 🥀
The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest - Aubrey Hartman Aubrey Hartman
Coach - Jason Reynolds jasonreynolds83
Powerful - Lauren Roberts Lauren Roberts
Fake Skating - Lynn Painter lynn painter kirkle
All Better Now - Neal Shusterman Neal Shusterman | Author
72 Hours of You - Darianne Schramm Darianne Schramm

09/03/2026

September is here, and it brought with it a whole cart full of new books!

New in Graphic Novels and Grown-Up Books:

Witches of Brooklyn: S’witch Back - Sophie Escabasse Sophie Escabasse
Big Nate: Curse of the Puffy Shorts! - Lincoln Pierce lincoln_.pierce
Mexikid Dreams - Pedro Martin Pedro Martín
Our Strange Duet (inspired by Phantom of the Opera) - Erin A. Craig Erin A Craig
Under Story - Chloe Benjamin Chloe Benjamin
Why You Should Read Children’s Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise - Katherine Rundell Katherine Rundell HQ
Crooks - Lou Berney Lou Berney
Tree: My Encounters with Trees - Aya Kōda with Charlotte Goff
Wild Dark Shore - Charlotte McConaghy Charlotte McConaghy
Queen Demon - Martha Wells Martha Wells
Awake: A Memoir - Jen Hatmaker Jen Hatmaker
Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts - Margaret Atwood Margaret Atwood

09/03/2026

September is here, and it brought with it a whole cart full of new books!

New in Board and Chapter Books:

Touch-and-Feel First 100 Words - Priddy Books with Natalia Boileau
What Will We Find in This Box? (A Snake and Bat Book) - Mo Willems
What Was the Trail of Tears? - WhoHQ & Sean Teuton
The Duck Can’t Sleep - E.B White with Melissa Sweet & Martha White
Alma and Her Animals / Alma y sus animales - Juana Martinez-Neal
Now I See Boxed Board Set (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter) - Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen
Peekaboo Party - Ingela P Arrhenius
Polar Bear and Friends Welcome Winter - World of Eric Carle
Magic Painting: Christmas - Axel Scheffler

09/02/2026

September is here, and it brought with it a whole cart full of new books!

New in Activities and Early Reader Books:

KPop Demon Hunters Official Fan Book
KPop Demon Hunters Official Sticker Book
Moana Story Sticker Book
KPop Demon Hunters Couch, Couch, Color!
KPop Demon Hunters Official Would You Rather?
Richard Scarry’s Busy, Busy Sticker Book
Adopt a Highland Cow stuffie
Adopt Clifford (the Big Red Dog) stuffie
LEGO Minecraft: How to Build Houses
LEGO Mini Golf
Felted Food Friends
Spidey and His Amazing Friends: Spidey Saves the Day
Spidey and His Amazing Friends: Webs Up!
Wild Kratts: Creature Powers: Small and Mighty!
Maria Tallchief (Little Golden Book) - Patricia Morris Buckley with Sol Salinas Patricia Morris Buckley ✸ sol salinas ✸

Address

1423 NE Fremont Street
Portland, OR
97212

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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