Big and Small is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.K.2 and Literacy.L.K.5. Full-page color photographs of comparatively sized bears, trains, and trees are paired with accessible text to demonstrate the world of size. This book should be paired with Big or Small? (9781448886401) from the Rosen Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.