Porcupines in the Wild is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.3.7 and Literacy.L.3.1d. Readers learn about life in the wild for porcupines in this book, with full-page color photographs paired with narrative nonfiction text introduces readers to porcupines. This book should be paired with Growing Up Porcupine! (9781477724552) from the Rosen Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.