In this interview Dr. Penny Noyce talked about how she started Tumblehome Learning to publish books about science for children and how she is determined to make it a leading publishing house. Dr. Noyce received her MD from Stanford University. While working as a physician, she founded the Noyce Foundation to help improve science education. Dr. Noyce has written several books including a new book called Magnificent Minds about 16 leading women in science, and a recent book called The Perilous Case of Zombie Potion. Magnificent Minds tells the story of sixteen women over four centuries, from the Queen of France’s midwife to the discovery of nuclear fission and the invention of cancer medicine. The book will go on sale in March, 2015 and iis full color with timelines and historical and scientific inserts.

Mr. Owen Liu was our second guest from Tumblehome Learning. Owen discussed his new book, The Confounding Case of Climate Crisis; the book targets Middle School children and teaches them about how climate change is changing fisheries and what we can do to help mitigate climate change. Owen received a Masters Degree from the Earth Science Program at Stanford University and is now working on his Doctorate degree at UC Santa Barbara.

Our third guest Ms. Christin Evans has a big passion for books and owns two of the leading bookstores in Silicon Valley: Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park and The Booksmith in San Francisco. Christin shared with us the business model that helped make Kepler’s and The Booksmith successful in the 21st Century and made them able to compete with online booksellers; the model relies on the bookstores’ talented staff, their events programming and strong grass roots efforts to reach out to schools and institutions in the Bay Area’s communities. Christin also discussed how Keplers and The Booksmith select books and host events. and what she thinks the trends in science books for children are going to be.