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.
One day there was a rabbit called Rob that got lost in a witch’s garden. It was a really sunny day and the witch had her wizard friend Capitor over to have coffee in the garden...
St. Treas Primary School, Ballyronan, P6/7 25th March 2021
Once there was a football that lived happily with his family. One day they were walking down the road, when Dug hit a big rock. There was a vehicle coming, he was in the road and he got burst. Then he was sent to the junkyard, where the nightmare kept coming back to him.
There once was a red fox labrador called Rover. His greatest wish was to turn invisible. One day Rover met a walking, talking rubber called Jeff in the park. Jeff was helping someone with their homework...
St. Mary's On the Hill Primary School, P7 19th March 2021
Bob, the three-foot-tall talking pyramid was jumping and swimming from South Africa to London. When Bob and Eugene, his microscopic friend, were in South Africa, they met a talking dog named Wilson who could fly. When they went up to Wilson, he started to fly away...
Mount St. Michael’s Primary School, Randalstown, P7 11th March 2021
There once was a kettle called Fred, but he was no ordinary kettle. He had a special superpower. He had red laser eyes that he used to boil the water. His owner didn’t like Fred very much because every time she tried to make tea he would break down...
It was a summery Sunday, the sun was shining and lots of people were playing. Jimmy Donald was playing paintball with his best friend Sally. Jimmy and Sally were on one team and his twin brother, Donald Jimmy, and Donald’s best friend Jonathan were on the other.
Moorfields Primary School, Ballymena, P7 5th March 2021
Once upon a nut, there was a husky called Jet and his best friend, a chipmunk called Hazel. Jet wanted to find his owner. Hazel the chocolate-brown chipmunk nimbly climbed up the tallest oak tree, looking for Jet’s long-lost owner. When she got there, she saw a nut instead...
Moorfields Primary School, Ballymena, P6 4th March 2021
There was a superhero called Peter Swift who was 16 years old. He lived in an apartment on the fifteenth floor in Belfast. His apartment was very high tech. On one of the walls there was a picture of a superhero. Behind the picture was a button. When he pressed the button, the wall opened into a secret room. It was full of costumes and gadgets...
Stranmillis University College, Year 2 B.Ed 3rd March 2021
Sparkie was alone in a dark street and it was pouring with rain. Another night had gone by with Sparkie having nowhere to call home. As he looked for shelter under a thin twiggy tree he, he bumped into a strange looking creature...