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 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!’...
St Malachy's Primary School [Coleraine], P5
22nd October 2024
Once upon a time there were two animals in a park called Olive Garden. One was a robot-pug called Jim and one was a robot-cat called Billy. Jim and Billy were playing on the slide. After that they were playing on the swing. A few hours passed and they wanted to go to the shops across the road with their mums...
St Mary's Aughlisnafin, P4/5
22nd October 2024
Once upon a time, there was a red turtle called Susbob, with some blue on his tail. Froggy was his best friend, who wished to eat the moon...
Botanic Primary School, P6
at the Seamus Heaney Centre
16th October 2024
This is Jason. He is a car and he can fly and his wheels can turn into spikes. He can do drifts and he loves creamy delicious chocolatey donuts.
This is his friend Noodles-Doodles. He has very long black hair. He can go very fast and he can go into space because he has a very high turbo...
