Fourteen years ago, Joyce Peters started an independent bookstore called Giant Steps Children's Books. The store was filled to the brim with books for ages infant to 16 years, and with educational toys from around the world.

The store was named for the game "Mother May I", wherein children ask to take Giant Steps. It is the belief of the staff that children should take the biggest steps they can, to reach their potential.

There's been a change in Fremont, our home town. Big chain stores moved in, and all the independent bookstores had to close their storefronts, Giant Steps included. Instead, Joyce has chosen to continue her store as an Internet store, still offering the best toys and books we can find.

Dominique, pictured below, is our web site coordinator. She loves books; you can find the books she loves for all ages in our Book Review section.

Together Joyce and Dominique write book reviews for the Tri-City Voice, in a column called "Footnotes". You can see their reviews there, and can even search the archives.