George Washington Leads the Country is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.1.3 and Literacy.L.1.2. Readers are treated to beautiful primary source illustrations and images of this famous President. Narrative nonfiction text informs students of his great accomplishments. This book should be paired with "The Life of George Washington" (9781448889860) from the InfoMax Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.