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.
St. Columb's Primary School, P4 & 5
27th May 2021
Once there was a pig called Percy who had lots of friends but it’s not so easy being on a farm, after all. On the farm, he found a very good friend named Bobby who knew Percy since he was born. Bobby was a llama who could fly very high. Percy lived in a pen next to Bobby on a farm in the mountains...
Knocknagoney Primary School, P4
21st May 2021
Jimmy was on the moon with his best friend Brody. He was drinking coffee and was on a morning walk. After a while he came to a forest with butterflies and dragonflies. Then he came to a hidden temple. He tiptoed inside and found treasure all across the floor.
“Wow, look at this amazing treasure! I should take this back home,” said Jimmy...
Knocknagoney Primary School, P4
19th May 2021
Slither came from the moon. He wanted to come to Earth to become famous. He built a rocket out of grey cheese. His banana best friend Jim helped him.
“Can we eat this rocket?” Jim asked Slither...
University of Ulster People & Culture Digital Events Week
18th May 2021
“I don’t like it in here. It’s dark and smelly and I can still hear the muffled sound of the crowds,” said Jeff.
“Shut up! If you want to play football, you have to stay in there!” snapped Rose.
Jeff wondered how Rose had forgotten about his traumatic experience of being in a horse-box in the marketplace...
St. Columb's Primary School, P6/7
14th May 2021
Bloop-Bloop gets banished from her planet. She’s in search of help to bring back to her planet to get her punishment lifted. Bloop-Bloop has a quest to find creatures other than aliens to bring back to the planet. If she does, she’ll be allowed back into the planet...
St. Mary's on the Hill Primary School, P5
6th May 2021
There was a monkey called Funkie flying through the sky zooming as fast as he could looking for a candy-floss cloud. When he saw the candy-floss cloud, out of the side of his eye he saw a tiny baby dragon already eating it. He decided to bite the baby dragon on the bum! He had put a lot of effort into finding the cloud and it had already been eaten...
Bunscoil Bheanna Boirche, P5
5th May 2021
Long ago, there was a girl called Bella who had been separated from her mother at birth. She was raised by a lion called Tim. Her dream was to help save a species of boar. She wanted to meet a boar called Poglin...
Malone Integrated College, Y9
30th April 2021
Jim was in bed dreaming. He was being chased in a forest by a monster and he felt very scared. He was running, trying to find a hiding place. It was the same dream every night...
St. Mary on the Hill Primary School, P5
29th April 2021
One morning, a sabretooth tiger called Hannah got up from her bed to look outside her window and was delighted to see her cubs playing. When she looked out, she saw Pigeon Man coming to look after her cubs...
Ballyclare Primary School, P7, and Ballyclare High School, Y9
28th April 2021
On a cold winter morning in November, a dog was abandoned in an upturned box. The dog was a golden retriever called Flynn. Flynn was hungry and afraid. He was absolutely starving – he hadn’t eaten in two days...
