- Fits national reading standards by linking images to the text to provide picture clues and introducing ageappropriate vocabulary.- This series meets the Reading First initiative.- The repetitive language, structure, and rhyming patterns help children decipher words.- Word lists at the back of each book help build reading vocabularies.Curriculum Standards: Grades K-4 Social Studies StandardsCulture: I- Describe ways in which language, stories, folktales, music, and artistic creations serve as expressions of culture and influence behavior of people living in a particular culture.Grades K-4 Science StandardsPhysical Science: II- Objects have many observable properties, including size, weight, shape, color, temperature, and the ability to react with other substances.Grades Pre-K-2 Mathematics/Geometry Standard: - Recognize, name, build, draw, compare, and sort two-and three-dimensional shapes- Investigate and predict the results of putting together and taking apart two-and three-dimensional shapes