Sally Ride: The Sky's the Limit is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.2.6 and Literacy.L.2.1d. Full-page color photographs and narrative nonfiction text introduce readers to Sally Ride, the first American woman to go into outer space. A timeline of Ride's life is included in this book. This book should be paired with "Sally Ride: Female Astronaut" (9781477723067) from the Rosen Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.