Collins Big Cat for the IB PYP - Collection 4: How the world works

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
A Day in the Life of an Astronaut
A Day Out
Frog and Toad: The Kite
From Tree to Book
Our Fantastic World
The New Kite
The Robot
What's Underground?
Wheels
Where is the Wind?

Intermediate readers
Another Way Out
Climbing high
Danni Binns problem-solving plumber
Exploring cyberspace
How does it work?
Mae and Marco’s space journey
Treasures of the Volcano
Tsunamis
What is Time?
Wind Power

Advanced readers
Black Holes
Copernicus, Galileo and Newton
Death Zone: Extreme Exploration
Light
Moon Base Beta
Tara Binns: Futuristic Physicist
Tara Binns: Roving Robotics Genius
The Mysterious World of Microorganisms
The Traveller's Guide to the Solar System
What's up with Time?