Learn to read (Level 5 Book 15)

José Palmer and Reinette Lombard have years of experience teaching children who struggle with reading and spelling. The LEER MY LEES / LEARN TO READ series with its colourful illustrations is not only fun to read, but also promotes vocabulary and comprehension.

Reinette Lombard has a Teaching and Honours Degree in Special needs education. Reinette specialised in Autism Spectrum Disorders and was mentored by Maggi Golding and subsequently became one of 12 Makaton tutors in SA, did TEACCH training with Maggi and worked and consulted for several NPO's to create ASD specific teacher, therapist and parent training. Reinette worked in both public and private school's as deputy principal, had a large remedial practise before taking a sabbatical to start a family. Reinette now owns and runs an educational consulting company that assists corporates to establish Specialised Educational services.

Together with Jose Palmer, they developed the acclaimed Tippie Learns to Read reading series and the Tippie Does Maths series for Grade R-3 learners and teachers. Tippie is a quadrilingual - speaking Afrikaans, English, isiXhosa and isiZulu! He can also do maths in both Afrikaans and English.

In close collaboration with Sally Goldman and Penny O'Toole, Reinette played a key role in shaping the Berlut Maths Grades 4-6 series. Sally and Penny developed the mathematical content, while Reinette conceptualised and structured the layout and directed the image selection and placement, establishing the series' cohesive visual identity.

Lori-Ann Preston lives in East-London with her husband and child. She’s been writing since she was eight years old and says that she gets her inspiration from other books, TV and movies but also from listening to, talking to and watching other people. She has won a Golden Boabab for Early Chapter Prize for her book The Ama-zings!, as well as the South African Writer’s Circle award for New Writer of the Year.