Rachel Carson: Environmental Pioneer is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.3.6 and Literacy.L.3.5a. Readers learn about the career of environmental activist Rachel Carson, illustrated by full-page color photographs accompanied by narrative nonfiction text. A graphic organizer is included. This book should be paired with Rachel Carson: Saving the Environment (9781477724798) from the InfoMax Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.