Mary Nolan 
Mike’s Busy Neighborhood [PDF ebook] 

Mike’s Busy Neighborhood is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.K.7 and Literacy.L.K.1. Mike introduces the people and places of his neighborhood through this descriptive text accompanied with fun photographs. A graphic organizer is included at the back of the book. This book should be paired with "A Day in My Town" (9781448889778) from the Info Max Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.