Louis Armstrong: American Musician is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.2.9 and Literacy.L.2.1f. Readers will follow the musical life of Louis Armstrong, gaining an understanding of this great American jazz legend with full-page photographs and narrative nonfiction text. This book should be paired with "e;Who Was Louis Armstrong?"e; (9781477722787) from the Rosen Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.