Hello! I'm starting to learn how to read and write hanzi and I can read pinyin, same as you. I found this website very helpful to begin:
http://www.memrise.com/
Hope it helps!
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first learn 406 syllables of pinyin, then word-lists for HSK and then phrases, sentences and texts
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You can buy a copybook and facsimile,if you insist long time to it you could not only write Chinese but also handwriting is very good.