Mountains of the United States is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.3.9 and Literacy.L.3.4a. Full-page color photographs along with narrative nonfiction text introduces readers to the mountain ranges of the U.S. This book should be paired with "Mighty U.S. Mountains" (9781477724859) from the InfoMax Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.