Ellie’s Family Album is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.2.6 and Literacy.L.2.1d. Photographs of Ellie’s family, accompanied by narrative nonfiction text, show readers what Ellie’s family is like and how life has changed over time. This book includes a graphic organizer. This book should be paired with Our Family Album (9781477723517) from the InfoMax Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.