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Red Door Bookstore & Gifts

Books 📚 | Gifts 🎁 | Local merchandise | Candy 🍬
Every purchase gives back to our community-based events. Owned & Operated by Friends of Portsmouth

08/19/2026

📚 Heading to the Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts Literary Dinner this weekend? Stop by Red Door first and grab your copy!

We have a limited number of Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts by Crystal Wilkinson available for purchase at the bookstore. Pick up your copy, take it with you to the event, and have Crystal sign it while she’s in Portsmouth! ✍️📕

We’re excited to help support this special local event and welcome an incredible Appalachian author to our community.

Copies are limited, so stop in before they’re gone!

08/18/2026

Okay, how cute would this be for a new teacher?! 🌿✏️ A little plant for their classroom that can grow right along with their students all school year!

We’re so excited to now have Plant Notes Co. at Red Door! A Plant Note is a sweet paper or felt message that tucks right into a potted plant and instantly turns it into a gift. 💫

🌿 Already have a plant? Grab an individual Plant Note!
🌿 Want it all ready to go? Choose a complete Plant Gift with the plant, decorative pot and note included.

They’re perfect for new teachers, new babies, birthdays, thank-yous, celebrations, encouragement, thinking-of-you moments—or just because someone could use a little happy. 💚

Stop in and pick out your favorite!

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08/17/2026

👑📚 A friendly reminder to our Reading with Royalty families!

Our Reading with Royalty storytimes have officially wrapped up for the season, so there will be no storytime tomorrow, Tuesday. We loved spending our summer Tuesdays reading, crafting, and making memories with this year’s River Days contestants!

But the River Days fun isn’t over yet! 💙❤️ Be sure to continue supporting these amazing young women and cheer them on during Labor Day Weekend at the River Days Parade, Pageant, and Festival!

We’re so grateful to all of the contestants who shared their time with our little readers this summer—and to every family who joined us along the way.

Now it’s our turn to cheer them on! 👑✨

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08/14/2026

📚 Good books. Even better price.

Have you checked out our $1 Book Cart? For just ONE DOLLAR, you might find your next great read, discover a new author, or grab a few books without feeling guilty about your growing TBR pile.

The selection is always changing, so you never know what hidden gems will be waiting. 👀

Stop by, browse the cart, and see what $1 can get you!

08/12/2026

👑📚 That’s a wrap on Reading with Royalty for this River Days season! 📚👑

We couldn’t have asked for a better way to close out our summer storytimes. A big thank you to today’s wonderful 2026 River Days Pageant candidates:

✨ Miss Wheelersburg, Addison Graf
✨ Miss Notre Dame, Candace Oudeh

Thank you, Addison and Candace, for spending your morning with our little readers, sharing stories, smiles, and plenty of fun. You helped make our final Reading with Royalty extra special! 💙

And a HUGE thank you to every River Days candidate who joined us throughout the summer, as well as all of the families who came through our red doors each week. We loved watching our bookstore fill with little readers and seeing so many special memories made along the way.

Until next River Days season… keep reading!✨

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08/11/2026

Today’s the LAST day for another magical morning of Reading with Royalty! 👑📚

Join us at 10:30 AM as we welcome:

✨ Miss Wheelersburg, Addison Graf
✨ Miss Notre Dame, Candace Oudeh

They’ll be sharing two fun stories with our young readers, followed by a FREE craft and a FREE sucker for every child!

📅 Today, Tuesday, August 11
🕥 10:30 AM
📍 Red Door Bookstore & Gifts
✨ This is our final Reading with Royalty of the summer, so don’t miss your last chance to join the fun!

The event is free, no registration is required, and children of all ages are welcome. Gather the kiddos and spend your morning with us!

08/10/2026

👑📚 Reading with Royalty returns tomorrow for our last one of the season! 📚👑

Join us for another special morning of stories and creativity with two 2026 River Days Pageant candidates:

✨ Miss Wheelersburg, Addison Graf
✨ Miss Notre Dame, Candace Oudeh

Bring your little readers to enjoy:

📖 Two fun storybooks
🎨 A FREE craft
🍭 A FREE sucker for every child

This event is free and open to children of all ages. No registration is needed—just come ready for a fun morning of reading and community!

📅 Tuesday, August 11
🕥 10:30 AM
📍 Red Door Bookstore & Gifts
✨ This is our final Reading with Royalty of the summer, so don’t miss your last chance to join the fun!

We look forward to seeing you tomorrow! 💙❤️

08/08/2026

🚨 GILMORE GIRLS FANS—THIS ONE’S FOR YOU!

We just got a bunch of NEW Gilmore Girls goodies at Red Door, and if Stars Hollow is your comfort place, you’re going to want to see these!

They’re cute. They’re cozy. They’re perfectly Gilmore. And they’re basically begging to go home with someone who considers coffee a personality trait. ☕️

And if YOU aren’t the Gilmore Girls mega fan—but you know one—consider this your cue to grab them a gift they’ll absolutely freak out over. 🎁

Come see what’s new and add a little more Stars Hollow to your life!

08/07/2026

🍌 Consider this your sign to buy the giant banana.

Our new EXTRA LARGE banana squishies have landed at Red Door Bookstore, and they are hilariously oversized, unbelievably squishy, and just plain FUN.

Perfect for squishy collectors, sensory seekers, or anyone who needs a giant banana in their life. 😂

Come give one a squeeze and take your favorite home!

08/06/2026

✨ Need weekend plans? We've got an idea...

Spend a little time downtown.

Stop by Red Door Bookstore & Gifts, browse the shelves, discover something new, and enjoy everything our community has to offer.

Whether you're shopping, exploring, or simply looking for a peaceful place to slow down, we'd love to see you.

See you behind the red doors!

📍 Tues–Fri 10–4 | Sat 10–2

Address

223 Market Street
Portsmouth, OH
45662

Website

http://reddoorbookstore.com/

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