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.
Harmony Primary School, P3
13th October 2021
Freddie the baby giraffe and Oscar the dragon have a conversation about the singing contest, and Freddie says happily, “You will win, obviously!”
Oscar is very nervous because it’s his first singing competition, he says to Freddie, “What if I don’t win? And you know I’m afraid of fire!”...
Poyntspass Primary School, P5/6
6th October 2021
A 100 Years Project workshop
Once upon a time, there was an 11 year old girl called Lily. She had a rough childhood and her brother Alex was kidnapped and brought to the Sahara. She saw her nanny Karen was running after the van that Alex was in. Lily hopped on her horse Rosie and followed the van to the Sahara...
Fane Street Primary School, P6
16th September 2021
Ryan was a ghost and he was following Amy to her house. Amy’s house was near the park. On her way home, she passed by the park and noticed that one of the swings was swinging. She was confused because the park was closed and no other child should be in there. After she passed the park, she saw a car getting closer. She felt scared because there was no one in the car. How was it moving itself?...
Botanic Primary School, P7
15th September 2021
Once upon a time there was a boy named Andre who liked to go on adventures. One day his whole life took a turn when he met a blue parrot called Leah. For some reason whenever Leah got something right, she would always apologise...
Fane Street Primary School, P6
14th September 2021
A 100 Years Project workshop
There once was a vampire who was afraid of fire. The vampire was called Dave. One night, he met a boy called Nelson. They met in the woods. They were talking, eating a picnic and playing hide-and-seek.
“Do you want to hear a creepy story?” asked Dave...
Wild World Heroes! Libraries NI
13th August 2021
Ursula was starving. She had been looking all over her underwater town but she could not find fish anywhere.
She darted around all the buildings, high and low, but could find nothing. She climbed to the surface and took a breath of
air and she immediately turned human...
Wild World Heroes with Libraries NI
6th August 2021
Arthur the field mouse woke up to his bed being shaken.
There once was a zebra who created a special potion, using his DNA, to create magical purple grass. Arthur had a bed in his burrow, which was made of leaves he had foraged for. The spiders were making webs, which was making Arthur’s burrow shake! These spiders had pink backs and orange legs and they were the size of a house.
Wild World Heroes with Libraries NI
30th July 2021
As Paul stepped out of his spaceship onto the Island of Doom he saw that the oxygen was nearly depleted. But luckily he could breathe carbon dioxide! He realised that most of the animals on the island had already died.
Some animals got into the ship which caused it to self-destruct to get rid of any viruses...
Wild World Heroes with Libraries NI
23rd July 2021
Our story begins with Zappy who goes into the jungle to save the animals. He wants to help animals like Tapanuli orangutans and Red Pandas as they are critically endangered and their numbers are going down due to the loss of nesting trees and bamboo...
Volunteer Celebration attendees
15th June 2021
Ding dong.
“Hi Esmeralda, you’re back already?” said Assumpta, pouring her flute of champagne into the nearest plant pot, and pulling off her cat mask.
Esmeralda was really edgy. She said nervously, fidgeting, as she held onto her bag of special mouse food and set down her suitcase...
