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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
A Visit to the Farm
All in a month
Let's Go Shopping
Marathon
Monster Maze
The Big, Bad City
The Picnic
Time for School
Weather Report
What am I?
Where is my school?

Intermediate readers
Air-Sea Rescue
Buzz and Bingo in the Fairytale forest
Dani Binns: Brilliant Builder
Dani Binns: Clever Chef
Dani Binns: Fearless Firefighter
Dani Binns: Promising Police Officer
Dani Binns: Talented Train Driver
Life in Extremes
The Train Under Your Feet
You Are here

Advanced readers
A Home from Home
I have a Dream
Inspiring Change: Elizabeth Fry
Tara Binns: Clued up Detective
Tara Binns: High-Flying Pilot
The Bristol Bus Boycott: A Fight for Racial Justice
The Olympic Games
The Tour de France
Trixie Tempest's Diary