Firefighters Help Us is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.K.4 and Literacy.L.K.1. The role and various tasks of brave firefighters are highlighted through exciting full-page photography and narrative nonfiction text. This book should be paired with "José Visits the Fire Station (9781448889204) from the InfoMax Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.