diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4550ad39b..e3b3fcccc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ changes. Best viewed [here](https://google-grain.readthedocs.io/en/latest/change
     from a checkpoint with Orbax.
   * Exposes `SharedMemoryArrayMetadata` in a public API as a metadata descriptor
     for `SharedMemoryArray`.
+  * `ParquetIterDataset` can read from multiple string paths interleaving reads.
 
 * Breaking changes:
   * Custom implementations of `RandomAccessDataSource` should accept `int`
diff --git a/grain/_src/python/dataset/sources/parquet_dataset.py b/grain/_src/python/dataset/sources/parquet_dataset.py
index d211fe29e..4d3b565b5 100644
--- a/grain/_src/python/dataset/sources/parquet_dataset.py
+++ b/grain/_src/python/dataset/sources/parquet_dataset.py
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 """Provides an `IterDataset` for Parquet file format."""
 
-from typing import TypeVar
+from typing import Sequence, TypeVar
 
 from etils import epy
 from grain._src.python.dataset import dataset
+from grain._src.python.dataset.transformations import interleave
 
 
 # lazy import for pyarrow
@@ -26,6 +27,9 @@
 
 T = TypeVar("T")
 
+ParquetDataSourcePath = str | Sequence[str]
+_CYCLE_LENGTH = 16
+
 
 class _ParquetDatasetIterator(dataset.DatasetIterator[T]):
   """A DatasetIterator for Parquet file format."""
@@ -84,16 +88,36 @@ def set_state(self, state):
 class ParquetIterDataset(dataset.IterDataset[T]):
   """An IterDataset for a parquet format file."""
 
-  def __init__(self, path: str, **read_kwargs):
+  def __init__(
+      self,
+      path: ParquetDataSourcePath,
+      **read_kwargs,
+  ):
     """Initializes ParquetIterDataset.
 
     Args:
-      path: A path to a parquet format file.
+      path: A path or sequence of paths to parquet format files. If multiple
+        paths are provided, they are interleaved with at most 16 files read in
+        parallel.
       **read_kwargs: Keyword arguments to pass to pyarrow.parquet.ParquetFile.
     """
     super().__init__()
-    self._path = path
+    if isinstance(path, (str, bytes)):
+      self._paths = [path]
+    else:
+      self._paths = list(path)
     self._read_kwargs = read_kwargs
 
-  def __iter__(self) -> _ParquetDatasetIterator[T]:
-    return _ParquetDatasetIterator(self._path, **self._read_kwargs)
+  def __iter__(self) -> dataset.DatasetIterator[T]:
+    if len(self._paths) == 1:
+      return _ParquetDatasetIterator(self._paths[0], **self._read_kwargs)
+
+    datasets = [ParquetIterDataset(p, **self._read_kwargs) for p in self._paths]
+    delegate = interleave.InterleaveIterDataset(
+        datasets, cycle_length=_CYCLE_LENGTH
+    )
+    return delegate.__iter__()
+
+  def set_slice(self, sl: slice, sequential_slice: bool = False):
+    del sequential_slice
+    self._paths = self._paths[sl]
diff --git a/grain/_src/python/dataset/sources/parquet_dataset_test.py b/grain/_src/python/dataset/sources/parquet_dataset_test.py
index 7f70cbcb0..8dc40d456 100644
--- a/grain/_src/python/dataset/sources/parquet_dataset_test.py
+++ b/grain/_src/python/dataset/sources/parquet_dataset_test.py
@@ -82,10 +82,44 @@ def test_read_row_group(self):
     records = list(dataset)
     self.assertSequenceEqual(records, [{"text": x} for x in SOME_TEXT[0]])
 
+  def test_read_multiple_files(self):
+    dataset = parquet_dataset.ParquetIterDataset(self.filenames)
+    records = list(dataset)
+    self.assertSequenceEqual(records, [{"text": x} for x in INTERLEAVED_TEXT])
+
+  def test_sharding_multi_file(self):
+    # Test sharding across files
+    dataset = parquet_dataset.ParquetIterDataset(self.filenames)
+    dataset.set_slice(slice(0, 1))  # Only first file
+    records = list(dataset)
+    self.assertSequenceEqual(records, [{"text": x} for x in SOME_TEXT[0]])
+
+    dataset = parquet_dataset.ParquetIterDataset(self.filenames)
+    dataset.set_slice(slice(1, 2))  # Only second file
+    records = list(dataset)
+    self.assertSequenceEqual(records, [{"text": x} for x in SOME_TEXT[1]])
+
+  def test_checkpointing_multi_file(self):
+    dataset = parquet_dataset.ParquetIterDataset(self.filenames)
+    grain.experimental.assert_equal_output_after_checkpoint(dataset)
+
   def test_checkpointing(self):
     dataset = parquet_dataset.ParquetIterDataset(self.filenames[0])
     grain.experimental.assert_equal_output_after_checkpoint(dataset)
 
+  def test_set_slice(self):
+    # Test slice first file
+    dataset = parquet_dataset.ParquetIterDataset(self.filenames)
+    dataset.set_slice(slice(0, 1))
+    records = list(dataset)
+    self.assertSequenceEqual(records, [{"text": x} for x in SOME_TEXT[0]])
+
+    # Test slice second file
+    dataset = parquet_dataset.ParquetIterDataset(self.filenames)
+    dataset.set_slice(slice(1, 2))
+    records = list(dataset)
+    self.assertSequenceEqual(records, [{"text": x} for x in SOME_TEXT[1]])
+
   def test_sharded_files_and_interleaved_dataset(self):
     dataset = grain.MapDataset.source(self.filenames)
     dataset = dataset.map(parquet_dataset.ParquetIterDataset)