text: any recommendations for a good book on evolution for an eight year old? my son is very interested in evolution and i want to be able to explain things so he can grasp the concept with ease. good for you! i've done a quick search and it seems that the book "darwin and evolution for kids" has good reviews. it's focused both on evolution itself and darwin's life and ideas.  one of the reviewers had bought it for a 9-year-old and was really happy with it.  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1556525028/102-4237470-1065766?v=glance&n=283155 (you can look at some sample content).  --------------- update: behe's "irreductible complexity" was debunked a long time ago. plus you're not helping the questioner by suggesting readings that are not good explanations of evolution.  http://www.simonyi.ox.ac.uk/dawkins/worldofdawkins-archive/catalano/box/behe.shtml