I Can Count to 50! is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.K.4 and Literacy.L.K.2. School is the backdrop while the main character counts books up to the number 50. Full-page photographs and illustrations are paired with sequential text, showing readers how to count in units of 10 up to 50. This book should be paired with "e;Colin Counts to 50"e; (9781448889532) from the InfoMax Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.