- Fits national reading standards by linking images to the text to provide picture clues and introducing age-appropriate vocabulary.- Top reading specialists have leveled this text as appropriate for early fluent readers.- The rhyming text help children decipher words.- Word lists at the back of each book help build reading vocabularies.Grades K-4 National Science Standards- Science in Personal and Social Perspectives: VI- Safety and security are basic needs of humans- Individuals have some responsibility for their own health Grades K-4 National Social Studies Standards- Individual Development and Identity: IV- Identify and describe ways families, groups, and communities influence the individual