Books for Children and Teens on Freethought and Skepticism/Critical Thinking and Science/Evolution

My own review as it may appear on the Amazon site also:
"Tree of Life" is a educational storybook, which tells the story of biological evolution from before the first form of life appeared, to the appearance of the first humans, and all in words even a preschooler can understand. My three year old only had a few questions the first time I read it, and it is now one of his favorites. The large, beautiful purple and white illustrations also make it as enjoyable to look at as it is to read.

Card catalog description: A simple explanation of the process of evolution, from the first appearance of "almost alive things" to the development of the millions of life forms that exist today. (copyright Amazon.com)

Michael Shermer is one of the editors for Skeptic magazine, which I subscribe to. He is also author of Why People Believe Weird Things, which is an excellent book, and is available on the Books on Skepticism and Psychology of Supernaturalist Belief page with a review.

A customer on the Amazon.com site gave this book a five star (out of five stars) review.

Card catalog description: Biographies of apparent wonder-workers, some of whom were masters of illusion and some of whom actually claimed to have psychic powers, including Daniel Home, Harry Houdini, and Edgar Cayce (copyright Amazon.com)

Card catalog description: Discusses the difference between science and superstition, the basic nature of science as a way of thinking, and the ways in which amazing events can be explained rationally. (copyright Amason.com) and two Amazon.com customers gave this book five star reviews.

Card catalog description: Discusses learning right from wrong, stressing such aspects as the difference between rules and principles and the importance of an individual's rights. (copyright Amazon.com)