Ludwig van Beethoven: Famous Composer is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.2.1 and Literacy.L.2.1f. Readers will follow the musical life of Ludwig van Beethoven, gaining an understanding of this great classical composer through narrative nonfiction text and full-page color photographs and images. This book should be paired with Musical Genius: Ludwig van Beethoven (9781477724378) from the InfoMax Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.