Roslynne Toerien
Roslynne Toerien is a prolific author. She loves sharing her knowledge of the natural world with young minds. Her works include Under the baobab tree, The speedy six Olympics, The forgotten four, The feathered five, The nocturnal nine, The rumbling rhino, The scavenging seven and The together two. Her books are being translated into Afrikaans as well. Onder die kremetartboom and Red die renoster have been published recently.
She is the CEO and founder of the nonprofit trust, the LEARN Project, which stands for Let’s Educate A Rainbow Nation. LEARN creates sustainable libraries and classroom book corners in disadvantaged schools.
In conversation with Roslynne Toerien about young readers (and World Book Day)
2026-04-22"This rhythmic style of writing keeps children engaged, and it is a wonderful way to remember the words on the page and retain information, especially the animal facts. Children love to guess the next word when reading in rhyme, and it makes for entertaining and expressive reading aloud."