Animals and Their Babies is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.K.8 and Literacy.L.K.5. Readers are shown full-grown animals and their offspring, while charming, narrative nonfiction text explains each scene. This book should be paired with "Baby Animals (9781448889235) from the InfoMax Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.