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.
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...
St. John's Primary School, Derry/Londonderry, P7
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...
Doagh Primary School, P6 & Ballyclare High, Y8
3rd March 2021
Max was in his house, just back from football training. He had just started his homework when there was a knock at the door. It was his friend Michael...
Mount St. Michael's Primary, Randalstown, P7
2nd March 2021
Bob woke up, it was a normal day. Then he realised his parents were gone! He scrambled out of bed and started brushing his teeth until his gums nearly started bleeding! He didn’t bother getting breakfast and thought maybe his parents would be picking berries.
Bob ran downstairs to the cauldron in the enchanted forest, grabbed a couple of ingredients and magicked up a portal...
Fort Hill Integrated College, Y10
25th February 2021
One sunny summer afternoon, Rake saw Jonsey eating a tortilla and a burrito. Rake was starving after a long walk. He was homeless, and hungry, and stole some of Jonsey’s food...
Stranmillis University College, 2nd Year BEd Primary Education students
17th February 2021
Norman couldn’t take another day of this. He was your average 78-year-old man from Cornwall, but with a lifelong wish. He had spent an embarrassingly large amount of his pension on swimming lessons and was ready to give up...
St. Mac Nissi's Primary @ NI Science Festival, P6
Thursday 11th February 2021
Smolder Man and his best friend Jack had just finished a fight against the Fire Morians.
They were in Glenarm, on the coast of Northern Ireland...
