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.
Lagan Village Youth Group
25th January 2022
Once upon a day, there was this octopus and it had ten legs. Our hero’s story then begins, with Doughy, the donut.
He was round with two eyes and two legs, and sugar coated. He was about the size of my mother.
Doughy lived by the water in Belfast in a donut house made from bubblegum. There were boats and fish...
Knocknagoney Primary School, P4
20th January 2022
There once was a bear called Eric, he lived in a cave on a big mountain and one day he met a fox called Roxy out on a walk. Roxy was looking for food when Eric accidentally bumped into her...
Harmony Primary School
19th January 2022
Once upon a time, there was an alien who went down to Earth to look at what the Humans were like. The alien’s name was Leo.
Leo walked around the Earth and he met a dog named Bone. He went to a shop and he found Bone beside it...
New Volunteer Training Session
18th January 2022
“C’mon Owen, you have to try!” Buster the Mouse looked down to where Owen was hiding behind the teapot. The little onion quivered.
Buster put his hands on his skinny, furry hips and looked at Owen sternly...
Gaelscoil na Móna P4/5
13th January 2022
The Mad Scientist was in his lab in an unknown planet making potions with Bob the Alien. He wanted to make Pluto whole again and grow again. The potions are special to him so he keeps them locked up in his secret lab.They have different colours. Multi-coloured potions are for turning into different animals. Brown is for travelling in space. Green is for turning into reptiles like crocodiles...
Cumran Primary School, P5
12th January 2022
One Tuesday night, Potato was in a field playing Catch with his best friend Billie the Pig. Potato threw the potato to Billie, but it got stuck in a tree. The tree opened and the potato rolled inside...
Short Strand Afterschool Club
16th December 2021 
Once upon a time there was a magical elf called Alfie. He had a pair of magical shoes that helped him to fly. Sometimes when he was in his workshop he got distracted when he looked on Facebook. He was going around with Santa and his friends Michael and Jackson on the sleigh. They were messing about and Alfie fell out of the sleigh...
Fane Street Primary School, P7
15th December 2021
A 100 Years Project workshop
Harry lived in the countryside. One day he was walking to school with his friend, Timmy. While Harry was walking to the school, he saw some people playing the violin, and he thought he would like to learn an instrument like that. The people were fancy, they always wore fancy clothes wherever they went. They used to practise their music every day in the streets of the village. . .
St. Conor's College, Y12
10th December 2021
Bob-Joe has loaded his gold-plated Glock 19. Jeremy sits in the corner crying, because he’s scared of Bob-Joe with the gun.
The orphanage burnt down in 1964 during the war; Bob-Joe was adopted from there and that’s when he met Jeremy. That was 70 years ago. Ever since then, they’ve been friends and have taken over their family-run butchers shop...
St. Conor's College, Y12
2nd December 2021
“Welcome home from Larne!” said Feargal, as he opened the door to greet Collette. She looked shocked and flustered, as she knew something wasn’t right. Her suspicions were confirmed as she laid her eyes on her dog, who was falling down the stairs. She rushed over to see if the dog was ok, and then she noticed his haircut!...
