Carter Visits the U.S. Capitol is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.3.5 and Literacy.L.3.5b. Readers join Carter as he visits the U.S. capitol building in this book with full-page color photographs paired with narrative nonfiction text. A map of the capitol is included. This book should be paired with "e;Tour the U.S. Capitol"e; (9781477727690) from the InfoMax Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.