Native American Art of the Northwest Coast is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.3.7 and Literacy.L.3.2f. Readers learn about Native American art, culture, and traditions of the northwest coast of the United States through full-page color photographs accompanied by narrative nonfiction text. This book should be paired with "Totem Poles and Masks: Art of the Northwest Coast Tribes" (9781477726112) from the Rosen Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.