Jan Needle

After discovering the double identity of the wealthy Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula, a small group of people vow to rid the world of the evil vampire.

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Aboard the Welfare under the ruthless Captain Swift, fourteen-year-old midshipman William Bentley, country boy Thomas Fox, and smuggler Jesse Broad face a voyage of confusion, hatred, violence, wretched conditions, and ultimately, a mutiny.

A Fine Boy for Killing

The wicked trade is smuggling--customs men and smugglers battling over piles of booty. Surrounded by corruption and greed, Bentley confronts ever more ruthless companions and crew while the dark shadow of his brutal uncle, Captain Swift, looms over him once more.

The Wicked Trade

Stephen Cockett

Vivien Gardner

Based on the shcool strikes of 1911, this text studies the issue of children's rights and the resource material.

The Rebels of Gas Street

Bernard didn't understand a lot of what he learned from Shofiq over the next while, but that didn't matter much. What did matter, what made him feel great, better than he had done for ages, was that they became mates, buddyroos, real muckers. It was even more amazing, because it came at just the right time.

My Mate Shofiq

This play tells the story of Falkland Islands children who find an escaped Argentenian solder. The original novel is also available in Collins Cascades.

A Game of Soldiers

Novel about bullying in which the bully becomes the victim

The Bully

Gardner, Viv

Jan Needle's play about bullying - but who is the bully and who is the victim? The book contains a gripping playscript suitable for classwork and school production, accompanied by resources including background material and lively activities.

Bully

Wagstaffe the Wind-up Boy

Losers Weepers

Patrick Benson

Herman Melville

An abridgement of the nineteenth-century novel in which a young seaman joins the crew of the whaling ship Pequod whose fanatical Captain Ahab is in determined pursuit of the white whale Moby Dick.

Moby-Dick

William Rushton

It's 1908 and times are hard. All very well for the leisured River Bankers with their hobbies, excursions and private incomes but young Baxter Ferret has to work long and hard to support his widowed mother and hungry siblings. Baxter is a ferret with a passion. He loves engines and when his employer buys the splendid Throgmorton Squeezer lorry Baxter willingly dedicates himself to its maintenance. That's until he meets the lunatic Mr Toad driving out of control on a dark night on the edge of the Wild Wood.

Wild Wood

Everyone knows that Simon Mason is a bully, and that he is picking on Anna, David and Rebekkah, but when Simon's teacher takes a closer look, the situation turns out not to be as clear cut as it seemed. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.

This play looks at themes of reputation, honesty and lying in a school setting. The volume provides opportunities to explore ideas of personal honesty through role play and discussion and provides lively end-material covering a variety of issues such as having a family member in gaol.

Jan Needle

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