How Do Microscopes Work? is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.3.4 and Literacy.L.3.4a. Readers learn how microscopes work in this book, illustrated by full-page color photographs and narrative nonfiction text. This book should be paired with "Miguel Uses a Microscope (9781477724989) from the Rosen Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.