text: Good for you!\nI'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. \nOne of the reviewers had bought it for a 9-year-old and was really happy with it. \nhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1556525028/102-4237470-1065766?v=glance&n=283155\n(you can look at some sample content).\n\n---------------\nUpdate: 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. \nhttp://www.simonyi.ox.ac.uk/dawkins/WorldOfDawkins-archive/Catalano/box/behe.shtml