MCubb

I see the importance of early introduction of all sorts of topics - evolution being just one! If you give a kid a book about some complicated topic - say evolution - when they're as young as possible, that'll foster a fascination and early understanding of the subject and give that child a head start of however many years between when they read it and when the topic is generally introduced in school, usually high school.

Now as for evolution specifically, I see it as a topic that really branches out into many other important realms. By learning about where we came from and how, we're able to extrapolate that and look at how we affect the world around us. There's been some really amazing forced evolution of animals by humans, so it brings into play anthropocentric lessons as well!

Haha, I'd hope very soon!

To be honest, the worst responses I've gotten about Evolutionary Tales haven't been all that harsh, haha! I've gotten the usual, "Don't push this kind of nonsense on kids" and, "why waste your time with this garbage?!" But as of yet, I haven't gotten too raged at, haha. But then again, I also haven't ventured into any super religious forums or the like!

And as for just the "violence" of predation and natural selection, the most I've heard are a few parents who say it'd be too scary for their kids. But as you can see, I intentionally kept it light in the book - the super scary angler fish appears much more dopey in Evolutionary Tales. I definitely don't want to scare off any would-be young scientists!

I actually don't have much experience with religious schools, but solely as a scientist, it's definitely disappointing - especially if most of your schools are religious, as there won't be much of a choice for anyone!

I have not, but I have seen the great pics of cauliflower!