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.
“Who are you?” I said...
St. Oliver Plunkett Primary School, P7
15th December 2022
At the bottom of the ocean, there was a young lizard man named Solomon. Solomon was trying to hunt for his greatest treasure, which would give him the power to teleport!
St. Oliver Plunkett Primary School, P6
14th December 2022
Two guys called Cone and Rocky really want a cheeseburger, but they have to cross the road. Cone was a traffic cone, and Rocky was a rock who had telepathic powers. The only problem with crossing the road was that Cone was really scared of cars.
‘Oh no! I’m going to get run over!’ said Cone to Rocky. Rocky says through telepathy, ‘I can carry you across the road.'
St. Catherine's Primary School, P7
13th December 2022
Once there was a young boy named Frederick and he had a very weird friend. He met his friend called Holly on a ring on the planet Jupiter. Frederick lived on Mars with his Mum and Dad and his fish. He was afraid that an alien called Frank was going to eat his family, even the fish!
St. Oliver Plunkett Primary School, P6
8th December 2022
Once upon a time there was a giraffe called Jimmy. He absolutely hated the zoo, so he decided to escape.
After he escaped from the zoo, the zookeepers were looking for Jimmy. The chief of the zoo said on the walkie-talkies, “This just in: Jimmy escaped. The zoo is on lockdown!”
Jimmy went up in the hills looking for grass, and he found George the Magic Monkey eating cheeseburgers...
St. Oliver Plunkett Primary School, P6
7th December 2022
Captain Cheeseball got an alert while he was in his headquarters with his best friend Fire Man. The alert said that there was a robbery. Captain Cheeseball said, “Everyone go home, the diner is closing early.”
Back in the 1620’s, there was a man called Sword who was very strong and had two children. He had been living a normal life for twenty years before being mutated. He abandoned his twin children named Blade and Joe when they were 13 after the mutation happened, because he thought he couldn’t handle it. A tornado came and destroyed his town and things were never the same again. The tornado was dark grey and a bad spell was spinning around in it. It ruined everything and Sword’s heart. He turned into a sword because of the bad spell...
Leadhill Primary School, P7
1st December 2022
A 100 Years Project workshop
Chapter One: The Golden Treasure
Once upon a time, King Gregor the Third of Scotland owned a coin. The coin was so precious that he kept it padlocked in a box in his pocket. He had white hair, a scruffy beard and his favourite breakfast was wheaten bread and three plump pork sausages...
St. Catherine's Primary School, P7
30th November 2022
There was a boy called Josh, who became much richer than the others in his school because his mother had passed away and left him a lot of money.
One unfortunate day everything changed...
Stranmillis University College Literacy Intervention programme
With pupils from Currie, St Joseph's (Slate St), St Mary's (Divis) and Glenwood Primary Schools
29th November 2022
Pixie the fox was Daisy the rabbit’s best friend. Pixie was having a sleepover at Daisy’s house. She lived in an abandoned house!
