Maddie’s Map Adventure is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.2.6 and Literacy.L.2.2c. Readers learn how to make and use grids of familiar places with full-page color photographs and narrative nonfiction text. This book should be paired with Manuel Makes a Map! (9781477723197) from the Rosen Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.