Sydney Works at the School Store is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.3.2 and Literacy.L.3.1b. Readers follow Sydney as she works at the school store in this book, with full-page color photographs and narrative nonfiction text. This book should be paired with "Working in a School Store" (9781477725399) from the Rosen Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.