Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.3.2 and Literacy.L.3.1e. The life of African-American baseball player Jackie Robinson is explored through photographs and narrative nonfiction text. A timeline of Robinson's life is included. This book should be paired with "Jackie Robinson: Baseball Legend" (9781477725689) from the Rosen Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.