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IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) Readers

Inspire a lifelong love of reading with this specially curated IB PYP Readers Collection, designed to enrich literacy and inquiry across the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme. Each set features an ideal balance of fiction and nonfiction books, aligned with PYP transdisciplinary themes and leveled for progressive reading development.

Each collection includes 30 beautifully illustrated paperback books, providing teachers with a rich variety of texts to engage every type of learner.

Why Educators Love PYP Readers

• Aligned with PYP Themes: Collections are organized by reading level and transdisciplinary theme to seamlessly integrate into your IB PYP curriculum.

• Develop Critical Thinking: Support key IB learner profile attributes by helping students think critically, communicate, and reflect through a wide range of engaging texts.

• Fiction + Nonfiction Balance: Encourage curiosity with diverse genres, beautiful illustrations, and captivating photography that motivate every learner.

• Build Core Reading Skills: Strengthen comprehension, inference, and deduction with comprehensive teacher guidance and assessment support.

• Flexible Formats: Available in both print and eBook formats, allowing for a smooth transition between school and home learning.

Teacher’s Handbook Included

Each collection comes with a Teacher’s Handbook offering practical guidance on how to make the most of your readers in a PYP classroom. Inside you’ll find:

• Strategies for selecting the right book for each student

• Inquiry-based pre-reading activities to spark curiosity

• Post-reading ideas for discussion and reflection

• Assessment tools to track reading growth

Perfect For

• IB World Schools implementing the Primary Years Programme

• Teachers seeking inquiry-driven literacy resources

• Classrooms aiming to build reading confidence and comprehension

Early readers
Around the World
Castles
Landmarks of the World
The Beach
The Case of the Piltdown Man
The Titanic
Top Dinosaurs
Top Secret
Up, Up and Away
Winkie's War

Intermediate readers
Anmial Ancestors
Fossils
Great explorers
Spotlight on Brazil
The Boy With Wings
The Dungeon of Despair
The House of the Nine Doors
Were They Real?
What happened to the Dinosaurs?
Where on Earth?

Advanced readers
Creatures from the Past
Evolution
Great Greek Myths
Puddling Lane
The Golden age of Baghdad
The Journey of Odysseus
The Kingdom of Benin
The Legend of Blackbeard
The Story of us: becoming human
The Tear Jar