George W. Bush Book

This informational picture book explores the life of Jackie Robinson, who was a great baseball player for the Dodgers. It also shows his struggles of the color barrier at the time in major league baseball. His story is very significant because he was the first African American to play in the major leagues. This biography touches on very high level concepts, such as racism, but presents it at a level that is appropriate for young readers.

This would be a great book to use during Black History Month to show students how far our nation has changed. Or if baseball is an interest of any of your students, this is a great book to have students read an informational text that will still provoke their interest of baseball.

With informational text being so prevalent in the Common Core Standards, this text would be a great read-aloud to the whole class. This is a great book to have the students pull specific information from text, such as who, what, when, where and why. These questions will help retell the specific facts in the story. Since the story does provide an ample amount of information recalling this specific information will provide the students with a better comprehension of the text.