Stories

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.

Oz’s Adventure

Gaelscoil na Móna, R7
14th January 2025

The alien and the octopus came back from Mars from their holiday. On their holiday, they took lots of silly and funny photos. They also found the Mars Rover, who tried to take photos of them...

Maggy and the Burps of Boris

Scoil an Droichid, R7, at the Seamus Heaney Centre
8th January 2025

Maggy the magma alien woke up and got ready to start the day by eating a good 5 metre high stack of maglorp waffles, which was his favourite food. Maglorp waffles are waffles wrapped around a big stick of magma butter and are covered in granite sprinkles. You have to slurp them up to eat them...

Jim II and the Bowl of Oats

Carrickmannon Primary School, P7
12th December 2024

Jim II was half man half oat. He had 17,000 oats; he had a house made of oats, a car made of oats, and a boat made of oats. He was driving in his bowl of oats, and he met Pie the fish driving in a pie. Jim II had a football in his bowl of oats and Pie started playing football in his bowl. Jim II was very mad...

The Enchanted Door 

a black haired girl and a redhead boy stand amongst falling papers Holy Trinity Primary School, P7
12th December 2024

Chuckie and Jessie were ambling home aimlessly after their drawing class. 

“Jessie, would you design me an enchanted rubber, so that if you draw something and you want rid of it, we can rub it out?” Chuckie exclaimed excitedly...

Tim and a Wonderful Dog

Holy Child Primary School, P5
10th December 2024

Frosty the dog and Tim the bear were passing a football. They did this sometimes when they were at the park. They would like to see a football match once a month. 

“Do you want to hit shots with each other?” said Frosty.

Tim didn’t want to hit shots, he wanted to go to a movie at the cinema...

The Chicken Nugget War

An angry melting cupcake and and angry evil chicken nuggetFinaghy Primary School, P7
5th December 2024

Once upon a time there was a flying cupcake called Bob Jr. Bob wasn’t your usual cupcake, he had eyes, a mouth, wings and he was pink. Bob Jr’s icing was melting from anger against the Chicken Nugget Man. Once, in Iceland, they were friends until the Chicken Nugget Man betrayed Bob Jr for Chicken Nugget land...

Booster Bob’s New Friend

A water bottle and an alien become friends and a spaceship arrivesNettlefield Primary School, P5
4th December 2024

There was a water bottle in a shop. It was scared. It was called Booster Bob. Booster Bob was horrified because there were no lights at the shop. It was dark and Booster Bob was scared of tripping.

Beanie the Alien was a toy in the same shop. Someone opened him and then he went swiftly to the water bottle aisle and then saw Booster Bob.

“Do you want to be my friend?” said Beanie the Alien, shyly...

Tommy and the Magic Mallows

Story-making @ Stranmillis with children from Currie, St Mary's (Divis), St Joseph's (Slate St) and Glenwood Primary Schools
3rd December 2024

Once upon a time, there was an alien called Tommy. Tommy wanted to take over the galaxy. He was searching for a magic crystal that would give him the power to rule. Tommy was looking for Cyan because he hadn’t seen him in a while. Cyan was a colour-changing dragon. Tommy had a special whistle with a giant squeak. When Cyan heard it, he teleported Tommy to the moon and he landed with a thump...

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