Therese's Terrarium is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.3.5 and Literacy.L.3.4c. Therese has a terrarium, which teaches her all about the water cycle and ecosystems. Readers will join in on her fun with this book, which includes full-page color photographs and diagrams paired with narrative nonfiction text. This book should be paired with "e;The Class Terrarium"e; (9781477725832) from the InfoMax Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.