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. Patrick's and Seaview Primary School, P6
June 1st 2016
Once upon a time there was an alien-budgie called Joy. Joy wanted to have a better life. Her space ship had crashed on Earth and she had taken the form of a budgie.
Joy’s best friend was called Bobby...
St. Oliver Plunkett Primary School
, P6
24th May 2016
Fuzzy Holmes woke up in his bed and went to brush his teeth. But Fuzzy was still asleep – he had woken up in his dream instead. In his dream, he dreamt of pink-haired babies killing all of his family...
St. Oliver Plunkett Primary School, P6
May 19th 2016
“I’m a little marshmallow, squishy and fat! To find my pet unicorn, I put on my thinking hat!” sang Meanie the marshmallow. Meanie was 5ft 11 and had a shiny head.
Meanie was walking about on Marshmallow Street in Melted Hot Chocolate Falls...
St. Oliver Plunkett Primary School, P6
May 18th 2016
[Editor’s note: We interrupt this book before it even starts to tell you that 4 chicken years is the equivalent of 1 human day.]
Once there was a weird chicken called David who was stuck in a pineapple egg.
Seaview Primary School, P6
May 3th 2016
Toby was packing his backpack to set off on a journey. Suddenly he heard a knock on his door. It was Tera the pterodactyl.
Tera was big and bright pink and she was also a lawyer who worked on murder cases...
St. Genevieve's High School, Y9
April 28th 2016
Dear Diary,
Today is another day without my mum. I’m hoping I will find her soon. It’s been hard since the day she was taken. It annoys me that Damien won’t be able to come with me to help...
Knocknagoney Primary School, P6
April 28th 2016
One stormy night, a girl called Annie was on a train. She was on her way back to her Agency, where spies look after trains.
Suddenly, the train crashed. It was being attacked by villains! The train flew off the track and into the desert. It stuck into the sand.
Annie walked about the train to see if there was anyone there...
St. Patricks Primary School, P6
April 27th 2016
Long ago there was a really tiny family. All was quiet but not quiet at all. The little man was taking a power snooze in his bed. He lived in a cave underground.
He suddenly woke up he realised it was very quiet...
Nettlefield Primary School, P6
April 26th 2016
One rainy day there lived a turtle called Saron who had time travelling powers. She lived in the Pacific Ocean with all the other turtles.
While Saron was asleep she had a scary nightmare...
Knocknagoney Primary School, CrossWords Project
April 20th 2016
Once there was a king unicorn. His name was Bob. He lived in a faraway land called Candy Kingdom and he pooped out jellybeans at random. Once a year he would fly over Candy Kingdom and poop jellybeans over it...
