Welcome to our Library of Stories. Please click on the story title to read Chapter 1.
These are collaborative story openings created by school groups and community groups.
Each participant writes their own Chapter 2.
Holy Trinity Primary School (Belfast), P4
3rd December 2024
Ellie the Christmas Tree was in the park. She got turned into a talking Christmas tree by toxic stuff. Ellie wanted to go on the swing, but she couldn’t get on it. She met Snowy the Elf at the park...
St Paul's Primary School (Irvinestown), P4
26th November 2024
It was evening, and Jonathan and Jake met each other in a forest. Jonathan was the biggest spider on the planet. Jake was a lion who was faster than a cheetah. The forest was full of big, dead trees because Jake used the trees for scratching, and that killed all the trunks.
In the middle of the forest was a river and a big piranha lived there...
St Brigid's Primary School, Downpatrick, P6/7
26th November 2024
It was a very sunny day when Nacho Man went to buy more cheese. He needed more cheese for his cheese gun. The cheese gun shot cheese to make people like cheese. Nacho man needed cheese to make people like cheese and if they didn’t then they would become his greatest enemy.
St Brigid's Primary School (Downpatrick), P6 and P7
19th November 2024
Welcome to our story, this is the story of Puman. He has been scarred. He liked sign language and was made of paper. One day a wee child didn’t realise that Puman was a paper human and he accidently cut off his arm.
Birches Primary School, P7
19th November 2024
Once upon a time there was an evil pencil case. His name was Bob and he couldn't walk. Bob had to leap around to move.
He had a brilliant, devious, plan to destroy pencils. But he was worried that his owner was going to chuck him out because of his evil plan...
Holy Child Primary School (Belfast), P5
12th November 2024
Once upon a time Lucas, the mutated wolf, found Jerry sleeping on the floor of the forest...
Scoil an Droichid, R7
6th November 2024
Once there was a pencil called Penny. She was 3,000 years old, and was created in a science lab by an experiment gone wrong...
Enniskillen Integrated Primary School, P5
5th November 2024
Once upon a time there was a girl called Amelia and she had a dog called Roxy. She really enjoyed her entertainment because Roxy looked so adorable and she didn’t have anybody else to talk to. Amelia could also read minds...
Enniskillen Integrated Primary School, P5
5th November 2024
Once upon a time there was a dog named Lippy who was a labrador with fox-red fur. She loved playing fetch, and she was really kind to everybody. Lippy and Tickles were playing in a very big park with lots of children in it. Tickles was Lippy’s best friend, who had green eyes, and they can both talk to humans.
They discovered a mystery. They found a mysterious bone with a massive bite in it....
Holy Rosary Primary School, P7
at the Seamus Heaney Centre
23rd October 2024
Chapter One
Tom woke up in the middle of the night. He could feel his heart pounding. He heard the sound of enemy planes flying over his house! He heard people shouting outside.
Tom heard people shouting, ‘HELP US!’...
