diff --git a/dataframe.cabal b/dataframe.cabal
index 4a984cd..88c6e89 100644
--- a/dataframe.cabal
+++ b/dataframe.cabal
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ library
                     DataFrame.Internal.Interpreter,
                     DataFrame.Internal.Parsing,
                     DataFrame.Internal.Column,
+                    DataFrame.Internal.Binary,
                     DataFrame.Internal.Statistics,
                     DataFrame.Display.Terminal.PrettyPrint,
                     DataFrame.Display.Terminal.Colours,
@@ -246,6 +247,7 @@ test-suite tests
     build-depends:  base >= 4 && < 5,
                     bytestring >= 0.11 && < 0.13,
                     dataframe >= 0.5 && < 1,
+                    bytestring >= 0.11 && < 0.13,
                     directory >= 1.3.0.0 && < 2,
                     HUnit ^>= 1.6,
                     QuickCheck >= 2 && < 3,
diff --git a/src/DataFrame/IO/Parquet.hs b/src/DataFrame/IO/Parquet.hs
index 243c3c3..9a47fef 100644
--- a/src/DataFrame/IO/Parquet.hs
+++ b/src/DataFrame/IO/Parquet.hs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ module DataFrame.IO.Parquet where
 
 import Control.Exception (throw)
 import Control.Monad
-import Data.Bits
 import qualified Data.ByteString as BSO
 import Data.Either
 import Data.IORef
@@ -20,8 +19,8 @@ import qualified Data.Text as T
 import Data.Text.Encoding
 import Data.Time
 import Data.Time.Clock.POSIX (posixSecondsToUTCTime)
-import Data.Word
 import DataFrame.Errors (DataFrameException (ColumnNotFoundException))
+import DataFrame.Internal.Binary (littleEndianWord32)
 import qualified DataFrame.Internal.Column as DI
 import DataFrame.Internal.DataFrame (DataFrame)
 import DataFrame.Internal.Expression (Expr, getColumns)
@@ -334,13 +333,9 @@ readMetadataSizeFromFooter :: BSO.ByteString -> (Int, BSO.ByteString)
 readMetadataSizeFromFooter contents =
     let
         footerOffSet = BSO.length contents - 8
-        sizeBytes =
-            map
-                (fromIntegral @Word8 @Int32 . BSO.index contents)
-                [footerOffSet .. footerOffSet + 3]
-        size = fromIntegral $ L.foldl' (.|.) 0 $ zipWith shift sizeBytes [0, 8, 16, 24]
-        magicStringBytes = map (BSO.index contents) [footerOffSet + 4 .. footerOffSet + 7]
-        magicString = BSO.pack magicStringBytes
+        footer = BSO.drop footerOffSet contents
+        size = fromIntegral (littleEndianWord32 footer)
+        magicString = BSO.take 4 (BSO.drop 4 footer)
      in
         (size, magicString)
 
diff --git a/src/DataFrame/IO/Parquet/Binary.hs b/src/DataFrame/IO/Parquet/Binary.hs
index 3fc85bc..ed71026 100644
--- a/src/DataFrame/IO/Parquet/Binary.hs
+++ b/src/DataFrame/IO/Parquet/Binary.hs
@@ -15,44 +15,6 @@ import qualified Foreign.Marshal.Alloc as Foreign
 import qualified Foreign.Ptr as Foreign
 import qualified Foreign.Storable as Foreign
 
-littleEndianWord32 :: BS.ByteString -> Word32
-littleEndianWord32 bytes
-    | BS.length bytes >= 4 =
-        foldr
-            (.|.)
-            0
-            ( zipWith
-                (\b i -> fromIntegral b `shiftL` i)
-                (BS.unpack $ BS.take 4 bytes)
-                [0, 8, 16, 24]
-            )
-    | otherwise =
-        littleEndianWord32 (BS.take 4 $ bytes `BS.append` BS.pack [0, 0, 0, 0])
-
-littleEndianWord64 :: BS.ByteString -> Word64
-littleEndianWord64 bytes =
-    foldr
-        (.|.)
-        0
-        ( zipWith
-            (\b i -> fromIntegral b `shiftL` i)
-            (BS.unpack $ BS.take 8 bytes)
-            [0, 8 ..]
-        )
-
-littleEndianInt32 :: BS.ByteString -> Int32
-littleEndianInt32 = fromIntegral . littleEndianWord32
-
-word64ToLittleEndian :: Word64 -> BS.ByteString
-word64ToLittleEndian w =
-    BS.map
-        (\i -> fromIntegral (w `shiftR` fromIntegral i))
-        (BS.pack [0, 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56])
-
-word32ToLittleEndian :: Word32 -> BS.ByteString
-word32ToLittleEndian w =
-    BS.map (\i -> fromIntegral (w `shiftR` fromIntegral i)) (BS.pack [0, 8, 16, 24])
-
 readUVarInt :: BS.ByteString -> (Word64, BS.ByteString)
 readUVarInt xs = loop xs 0 0 0
   where
diff --git a/src/DataFrame/IO/Parquet/Dictionary.hs b/src/DataFrame/IO/Parquet/Dictionary.hs
index dc72269..42fefae 100644
--- a/src/DataFrame/IO/Parquet/Dictionary.hs
+++ b/src/DataFrame/IO/Parquet/Dictionary.hs
@@ -17,11 +17,15 @@ import Data.Time
 import qualified Data.Vector as V
 import qualified Data.Vector.Mutable as VM
 import qualified Data.Vector.Unboxed as VU
-import DataFrame.IO.Parquet.Binary
 import DataFrame.IO.Parquet.Encoding
 import DataFrame.IO.Parquet.Levels
 import DataFrame.IO.Parquet.Time
 import DataFrame.IO.Parquet.Types
+import DataFrame.Internal.Binary (
+    littleEndianInt32,
+    littleEndianWord32,
+    littleEndianWord64,
+ )
 import qualified DataFrame.Internal.Column as DI
 import GHC.Float
 
diff --git a/src/DataFrame/IO/Parquet/Encoding.hs b/src/DataFrame/IO/Parquet/Encoding.hs
index d964bcb..6a74125 100644
--- a/src/DataFrame/IO/Parquet/Encoding.hs
+++ b/src/DataFrame/IO/Parquet/Encoding.hs
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ import qualified Data.ByteString.Unsafe as BSU
 import Data.List (foldl')
 import qualified Data.Vector.Unboxed as VU
 import Data.Word
-import DataFrame.IO.Parquet.Binary
+import DataFrame.IO.Parquet.Binary (readUVarInt)
+import DataFrame.Internal.Binary (littleEndianWord32)
 
 ceilLog2 :: Int -> Int
 ceilLog2 x
diff --git a/src/DataFrame/IO/Parquet/Levels.hs b/src/DataFrame/IO/Parquet/Levels.hs
index 4fa3669..c738c4e 100644
--- a/src/DataFrame/IO/Parquet/Levels.hs
+++ b/src/DataFrame/IO/Parquet/Levels.hs
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ import Data.Int
 import Data.List
 import qualified Data.Text as T
 
-import DataFrame.IO.Parquet.Binary
 import DataFrame.IO.Parquet.Encoding
 import DataFrame.IO.Parquet.Thrift
 import DataFrame.IO.Parquet.Types
+import DataFrame.Internal.Binary (littleEndianWord32)
 
 readLevelsV1 ::
     Int -> Int -> Int -> BS.ByteString -> ([Int], [Int], BS.ByteString)
diff --git a/src/DataFrame/IO/Parquet/Page.hs b/src/DataFrame/IO/Parquet/Page.hs
index 1def426..2fee3c3 100644
--- a/src/DataFrame/IO/Parquet/Page.hs
+++ b/src/DataFrame/IO/Parquet/Page.hs
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ import qualified Data.Vector.Unboxed as VU
 import DataFrame.IO.Parquet.Binary
 import DataFrame.IO.Parquet.Thrift
 import DataFrame.IO.Parquet.Types
+import DataFrame.Internal.Binary (
+    littleEndianInt32,
+    littleEndianWord32,
+    littleEndianWord64,
+ )
 import GHC.Float
 import qualified Snappy
 
diff --git a/src/DataFrame/IO/Parquet/Time.hs b/src/DataFrame/IO/Parquet/Time.hs
index ca6002f..9fbfb13 100644
--- a/src/DataFrame/IO/Parquet/Time.hs
+++ b/src/DataFrame/IO/Parquet/Time.hs
@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@ import qualified Data.ByteString as BS
 import Data.Time
 import Data.Word
 
-import DataFrame.IO.Parquet.Binary
+import DataFrame.Internal.Binary (
+    littleEndianWord32,
+    littleEndianWord64,
+    word32ToLittleEndian,
+    word64ToLittleEndian,
+ )
 
 int96ToUTCTime :: BS.ByteString -> UTCTime
 int96ToUTCTime bytes
diff --git a/src/DataFrame/Internal/Binary.hs b/src/DataFrame/Internal/Binary.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4383fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/DataFrame/Internal/Binary.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+module DataFrame.Internal.Binary where
+
+import Data.Bits
+import qualified Data.ByteString as BS
+import Data.Int
+import Data.Word
+
+littleEndianWord32 :: BS.ByteString -> Word32
+littleEndianWord32 bytes
+    | len >= 4 =
+        assembleWord32
+            (BS.index bytes 0)
+            (BS.index bytes 1)
+            (BS.index bytes 2)
+            (BS.index bytes 3)
+    | otherwise =
+        assembleWord32
+            (byteAtOrZero len bytes 0)
+            (byteAtOrZero len bytes 1)
+            (byteAtOrZero len bytes 2)
+            (byteAtOrZero len bytes 3)
+  where
+    len = BS.length bytes
+{-# INLINE littleEndianWord32 #-}
+
+littleEndianWord64 :: BS.ByteString -> Word64
+littleEndianWord64 bytes
+    | len >= 8 =
+        assembleWord64
+            (BS.index bytes 0)
+            (BS.index bytes 1)
+            (BS.index bytes 2)
+            (BS.index bytes 3)
+            (BS.index bytes 4)
+            (BS.index bytes 5)
+            (BS.index bytes 6)
+            (BS.index bytes 7)
+    | otherwise =
+        assembleWord64
+            (byteAtOrZero len bytes 0)
+            (byteAtOrZero len bytes 1)
+            (byteAtOrZero len bytes 2)
+            (byteAtOrZero len bytes 3)
+            (byteAtOrZero len bytes 4)
+            (byteAtOrZero len bytes 5)
+            (byteAtOrZero len bytes 6)
+            (byteAtOrZero len bytes 7)
+  where
+    len = BS.length bytes
+{-# INLINE littleEndianWord64 #-}
+
+littleEndianInt32 :: BS.ByteString -> Int32
+littleEndianInt32 = fromIntegral . littleEndianWord32
+{-# INLINE littleEndianInt32 #-}
+
+word64ToLittleEndian :: Word64 -> BS.ByteString
+word64ToLittleEndian w =
+    BS.pack
+        [ fromIntegral w
+        , fromIntegral (w `unsafeShiftR` 8)
+        , fromIntegral (w `unsafeShiftR` 16)
+        , fromIntegral (w `unsafeShiftR` 24)
+        , fromIntegral (w `unsafeShiftR` 32)
+        , fromIntegral (w `unsafeShiftR` 40)
+        , fromIntegral (w `unsafeShiftR` 48)
+        , fromIntegral (w `unsafeShiftR` 56)
+        ]
+{-# INLINE word64ToLittleEndian #-}
+
+word32ToLittleEndian :: Word32 -> BS.ByteString
+word32ToLittleEndian w =
+    BS.pack
+        [ fromIntegral w
+        , fromIntegral (w `unsafeShiftR` 8)
+        , fromIntegral (w `unsafeShiftR` 16)
+        , fromIntegral (w `unsafeShiftR` 24)
+        ]
+{-# INLINE word32ToLittleEndian #-}
+
+byteAtOrZero :: Int -> BS.ByteString -> Int -> Word8
+byteAtOrZero len bytes i
+    | i >= 0 && i < len = BS.index bytes i
+    | otherwise = 0
+{-# INLINE byteAtOrZero #-}
+
+assembleWord32 :: Word8 -> Word8 -> Word8 -> Word8 -> Word32
+assembleWord32 b0 b1 b2 b3 =
+    fromIntegral b0
+        .|. (fromIntegral b1 `unsafeShiftL` 8)
+        .|. (fromIntegral b2 `unsafeShiftL` 16)
+        .|. (fromIntegral b3 `unsafeShiftL` 24)
+{-# INLINE assembleWord32 #-}
+
+assembleWord64 ::
+    Word8 -> Word8 -> Word8 -> Word8 -> Word8 -> Word8 -> Word8 -> Word8 -> Word64
+assembleWord64 b0 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 b7 =
+    fromIntegral b0
+        .|. (fromIntegral b1 `unsafeShiftL` 8)
+        .|. (fromIntegral b2 `unsafeShiftL` 16)
+        .|. (fromIntegral b3 `unsafeShiftL` 24)
+        .|. (fromIntegral b4 `unsafeShiftL` 32)
+        .|. (fromIntegral b5 `unsafeShiftL` 40)
+        .|. (fromIntegral b6 `unsafeShiftL` 48)
+        .|. (fromIntegral b7 `unsafeShiftL` 56)
+{-# INLINE assembleWord64 #-}
diff --git a/src/DataFrame/Lazy/IO/Binary.hs b/src/DataFrame/Lazy/IO/Binary.hs
index a7685a8..b4529e7 100644
--- a/src/DataFrame/Lazy/IO/Binary.hs
+++ b/src/DataFrame/Lazy/IO/Binary.hs
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ import Data.Bits (setBit, shiftL, testBit, (.|.))
 import Data.Maybe (fromMaybe, isJust)
 import Data.Type.Equality (TestEquality (testEquality), type (:~:) (Refl))
 import Data.Word (Word16, Word32, Word64, Word8)
+import qualified DataFrame.Internal.Binary as Binary
 import DataFrame.Internal.Column (Column (..))
 import DataFrame.Internal.DataFrame (DataFrame (..))
 import Foreign (ForeignPtr, castForeignPtr, plusForeignPtr, sizeOf)
@@ -362,37 +363,12 @@ readWord16LE bs off
 readWord32LE :: BS.ByteString -> Int -> ParseResult Word32
 readWord32LE bs off
     | off + 4 > BS.length bs = Left "unexpected end of input"
-    | otherwise =
-        let b0 = fromIntegral (BSU.unsafeIndex bs off) :: Word32
-            b1 = fromIntegral (BSU.unsafeIndex bs (off + 1)) :: Word32
-            b2 = fromIntegral (BSU.unsafeIndex bs (off + 2)) :: Word32
-            b3 = fromIntegral (BSU.unsafeIndex bs (off + 3)) :: Word32
-         in Right
-                (off + 4, b0 .|. (b1 `shiftL` 8) .|. (b2 `shiftL` 16) .|. (b3 `shiftL` 24))
+    | otherwise = Right (off + 4, Binary.littleEndianWord32 (BS.drop off bs))
 
 readWord64LE :: BS.ByteString -> Int -> ParseResult Word64
 readWord64LE bs off
     | off + 8 > BS.length bs = Left "unexpected end of input"
-    | otherwise =
-        let b0 = fromIntegral (BSU.unsafeIndex bs off) :: Word64
-            b1 = fromIntegral (BSU.unsafeIndex bs (off + 1)) :: Word64
-            b2 = fromIntegral (BSU.unsafeIndex bs (off + 2)) :: Word64
-            b3 = fromIntegral (BSU.unsafeIndex bs (off + 3)) :: Word64
-            b4 = fromIntegral (BSU.unsafeIndex bs (off + 4)) :: Word64
-            b5 = fromIntegral (BSU.unsafeIndex bs (off + 5)) :: Word64
-            b6 = fromIntegral (BSU.unsafeIndex bs (off + 6)) :: Word64
-            b7 = fromIntegral (BSU.unsafeIndex bs (off + 7)) :: Word64
-         in Right
-                ( off + 8
-                , b0
-                    .|. (b1 `shiftL` 8)
-                    .|. (b2 `shiftL` 16)
-                    .|. (b3 `shiftL` 24)
-                    .|. (b4 `shiftL` 32)
-                    .|. (b5 `shiftL` 40)
-                    .|. (b6 `shiftL` 48)
-                    .|. (b7 `shiftL` 56)
-                )
+    | otherwise = Right (off + 8, Binary.littleEndianWord64 (BS.drop off bs))
 
 -- | Read @n@ consecutive Word32LE values starting at offset @off@.
 readWord32Array :: BS.ByteString -> Int -> Int -> Either String [Word32]
@@ -401,11 +377,7 @@ readWord32Array bs off n
     | otherwise =
         Right
             [ let i = off + k * 4
-                  b0 = fromIntegral (BSU.unsafeIndex bs i) :: Word32
-                  b1 = fromIntegral (BSU.unsafeIndex bs (i + 1)) :: Word32
-                  b2 = fromIntegral (BSU.unsafeIndex bs (i + 2)) :: Word32
-                  b3 = fromIntegral (BSU.unsafeIndex bs (i + 3)) :: Word32
-               in b0 .|. (b1 `shiftL` 8) .|. (b2 `shiftL` 16) .|. (b3 `shiftL` 24)
+               in Binary.littleEndianWord32 (BS.drop i bs)
             | k <- [0 .. n - 1]
             ]
 
diff --git a/tests/Parquet.hs b/tests/Parquet.hs
index 8eb699e..98bcfb5 100644
--- a/tests/Parquet.hs
+++ b/tests/Parquet.hs
@@ -7,9 +7,17 @@ import Assertions (assertExpectException)
 import qualified DataFrame as D
 import qualified DataFrame.Functions as F
 
+import qualified Data.ByteString as BS
 import Data.Int
 import Data.Text (Text)
 import Data.Time
+import Data.Word
+import DataFrame.Internal.Binary (
+    littleEndianWord32,
+    littleEndianWord64,
+    word32ToLittleEndian,
+    word64ToLittleEndian,
+ )
 import GHC.IO (unsafePerformIO)
 import Test.HUnit
 
@@ -926,6 +934,66 @@ mtCars =
             (unsafePerformIO (D.readParquet "./tests/data/mtcars.parquet"))
         )
 
+littleEndianWord64KnownPattern :: Test
+littleEndianWord64KnownPattern =
+    TestCase
+        ( assertEqual
+            "littleEndianWord64KnownPattern"
+            (0x1122334455667788 :: Word64)
+            ( littleEndianWord64
+                (BS.pack [0x88, 0x77, 0x66, 0x55, 0x44, 0x33, 0x22, 0x11])
+            )
+        )
+
+littleEndianWord32KnownPattern :: Test
+littleEndianWord32KnownPattern =
+    TestCase
+        ( assertEqual
+            "littleEndianWord32KnownPattern"
+            (0x11223344 :: Word32)
+            (littleEndianWord32 (BS.pack [0x44, 0x33, 0x22, 0x11]))
+        )
+
+littleEndianWord64ShortInputPadsZeroes :: Test
+littleEndianWord64ShortInputPadsZeroes =
+    TestCase
+        ( assertEqual
+            "littleEndianWord64ShortInputPadsZeroes"
+            (0x00CCBBAA :: Word64)
+            (littleEndianWord64 (BS.pack [0xAA, 0xBB, 0xCC]))
+        )
+
+littleEndianWord32ShortInputPadsZeroes :: Test
+littleEndianWord32ShortInputPadsZeroes =
+    TestCase
+        ( assertEqual
+            "littleEndianWord32ShortInputPadsZeroes"
+            (0x0000BEEF :: Word32)
+            (littleEndianWord32 (BS.pack [0xEF, 0xBE]))
+        )
+
+littleEndianWord64RoundTrip :: Test
+littleEndianWord64RoundTrip =
+    TestCase
+        ( assertEqual
+            "littleEndianWord64RoundTrip"
+            value
+            (littleEndianWord64 (word64ToLittleEndian value))
+        )
+  where
+    value = 0x1122334455667788 :: Word64
+
+littleEndianWord32RoundTrip :: Test
+littleEndianWord32RoundTrip =
+    TestCase
+        ( assertEqual
+            "littleEndianWord32RoundTrip"
+            value
+            (littleEndianWord32 (word32ToLittleEndian value))
+        )
+  where
+    value = 0xA1B2C3D4 :: Word32
+
 -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- Group 1: Plain variant
 -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1626,6 +1694,12 @@ tests =
     , allTypesTinyPagesLastFew
     , allTypesTinyPagesDimensions
     , transactionsTest
+    , littleEndianWord64KnownPattern
+    , littleEndianWord32KnownPattern
+    , littleEndianWord64ShortInputPadsZeroes
+    , littleEndianWord32ShortInputPadsZeroes
+    , littleEndianWord64RoundTrip
+    , littleEndianWord32RoundTrip
     , -- Group 1
       allTypesTinyPagesPlain
     , -- Group 2: compression codecs