Making Things Move: Force and Motion is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.2.2 and Literacy.L.2.5b. Readers are introduced to simple physics lessons in an accessible way, featuring real-world examples, in this book, which includes full-page color photographs paired with narrative nonfiction text that explain relevant concepts. This book should be paired with "Push and Pull: Understanding Force and Motion" (9781477723548) from the Rosen Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.