Lantern&Ladder

For schools and kinderopvang

Real pages to look at, a person who answers email, and an honest answer about whether these books fit what you are doing.

See the pages before you ask about price

There is no printable pack on this site. Real pages from each book are shown below and on the book's own page. If what you want is pages you can copy for a group, email and ask.

The books are not on sale yet. They are finished and waiting on a paper proof, so there is nothing to order today and no price to quote. Write anyway if you are planning a term or a year ahead: knowing a group is waiting changes what we print and how much of it.

What a page looks like

A page of star shapes, one solid model with a start dot, then dotted copies that get fainter, then empty boxes to draw in.
Ready! Lines & Letters, ages 3 to 5.
A number page showing a numeral to trace and a group of objects to count.
Set! Letters & Numbers, ages 4 to 6.
A write-your-own page with a word bank at the top and empty handwriting rules below.
Write! Words & Silly Sentences, ages 5 to 6.

Printable content

Pages you can copy are not sold or given away here. The pack behind the code in the back of each book is for the child who owns that book.

There is no school licence. If copyable pages for a whole group is the thing you actually need, say so, and say roughly how many children: that request is what would decide whether we make one.

What these books do, and what they do not

They do teach letter formation in a fixed order, with a start dot and numbered stroke arrows on every model, and rows that reduce support across the page. Book 1 is pre-writing strokes and capitals, Book 2 is lowercase and numbers to 20, Book 3 is words and sentences.

They do not teach phonics, reading or Dutch spelling. They are a handwriting scheme, not a literacy scheme, and they are currently English only. Dutch editions are in progress and the mailing list is where that will be announced.

Ages are a guide, not a rule. The bands on the covers are 3 to 5, 4 to 6 and 5 to 6. In a mixed group the useful question is whether a child can hold a pencil and copy a straight line, not how old they are.

Bulk orders

There is no trade portal and no minimum order, because we are two people. Email what you need and you get a real answer, usually the same week.

Tell us:

  • Which titles and which editions, and how many of each
  • Where they are going, and by when
  • What your finance office needs to see on an invoice

Getting in touch

Write to [email protected]. That address goes to a person, not a queue. If the question is about the teaching method rather than an order, [email protected] is better.

We answer in English or Dutch.

One thing to check before you raise a purchase order: the press is being registered with the Dutch chamber of commerce now, and until that is through we cannot put a KVK and VAT number on an invoice. If your finance office requires them, ask us where that has got to before you commit to anything.

Bulk order enquiry

The email opens with the three things we need in order to answer properly. No form, no account, no minimum order.

Start an email

Or write to [email protected]