A Tree's Life is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.3.4 and Literacy.L.3.1f. Readers will follow the different phases of a tree's life, gaining an understanding of a tree's life cycle from tiny seed to tall tree, with full-page color photographs accompanied by narrative nonfiction text. This book should be paired with "The Life Cycle of a Tree (9781477725658) from the Rosen Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.