Wings, Shells, and Fur: Surviving in the Wild is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.3.3 and Literacy.L.3.2g. Readers learn about how certain animals use wings, shells, and fur to survive in the wild in this book with full-page color photographs and narrative nonfiction text. This book should be paired with "e;How Animals Survive"e; (9781477725221) from the Rosen Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.