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Children's books are good, but he should be able to handle some other things. The newspapers of the world are actually aimed at the reading skill level, and intelligence, of a typical 8 year old. Let your son read newspaper articles you have screened on the ereader. Avoid the 'Congressman Caught In Love Nest' stories, and focus on 'human interest' bits...Sunday Supplement travel articles, recipes, 'public appearance tour by celebrities' coverage, and such. Let your son read about his favorite comedian's recent appearance at a local Comedy In the Park fest, Let him read about the 40+ varieties of Kangaroos in Australia. Find magazines about: Go Karting, Magic Tricks, etc, and let your son read articles from them on the Sony.
Get a copy of 'Aesops' Fables', and let him read those. Most are a paragraph, or two, long, and contain simple words. Get copies of poetry books. Nice, short, simple, rhymes give kids incentive. Newspaper comics-FootRot Flats, Tumbleweeds, etc-would be good, too. They are short, easy to read, funny, and fun. Screen them to avoids social/political content you'd rather not have to explain.
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