Life Cycle of a Butterfly is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.2.7 and Literacy.L.2.1b. A butterfly’s life cycle is explained with full-page color photographs paired with narrative nonfiction text. A graphic organizer is included at the end of the book. This book should be paired with Caterpillars and Butterflies (9781477722633) from the InfoMax Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.