Therese's Terrarium is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.3.5 and Literacy.L.3.4c. Therese has a terrarium, which teaches her all about the water cycle and ecosystems. Readers will join in on her fun with this book, which includes full-page color photographs and diagrams paired with narrative nonfiction text. This book should be paired with "The Class Terrarium" (9781477725832) from the InfoMax Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.