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.
Elmgrove Primary School, P6
18th October 2023
Fire Dog was a collie and he had been in the dog adoption centre for two or three months. One day a family showed up and picked him because they thought he was cute. Fire Dog was really shy, and then he spotted something on the first day. He barked curiously at an immense bee. The big bee buzzed back.
“Hey, what’s your name? I’ve never seen a bee your size before...”
Mossley Primary School, P6
17th October 2023
One day as Alfie was coming out of school he saw a capybara and turned into it.
He went home and showed his best friend Jimmy who is a 100 foot rat. Jimmy was scared because there hadn’t been an animagus for over 100 years, because they got extinct as a big chocolate meteor fell on them and they turned into chocolate unicorns and hot chocolate...
Nettlefield Primary School P5s
11th October 2023
To be a footballer like Messi, you have to be healthy. Tom the strawberry plant is eating lots of protein and training really hard. Tom went to his friend, Crystal the robin, for tea. After tea, Crystal flew Tom to the gym in the sky to do healthy stuff and meet their other plant friends, who got there by rocket ship.
Tom stretched his legs really far so he could throw the ball into the basketball nets...
Mossley Primary School, P6
10th October 2023
Jimmy Bob Frank lived in an old town and the houses were made of wood. Jimmy Bob Frank lived with his father and his baby brother. His mum died last year. His mum was a firefighter and she had died in a fire when she was trying to save someone. Because his mum died Jimmy Bob Frank wanted to be a firefighter as well...
Elmgrove Primary School, P6
5th October 2023
Matt likes to play football for Wheelchair FC. Joshy the wheelchair is a goalkeeper. He likes to do backflips and then saves from the back corner. Joshy and Matt are best friends...
St Bernard's Primary School, P6
4th October 2023
Once upon a time Arthur was with his green alien friend, Paraka. They were in France at the top of the Eiffel Tower. There were 100,000 water bottles in the tower! Arthur was a bright orange slug from Mars who kept children away from their water bottles.
Arthur fell into a water bottle. Someone drank it. They got frightened and ran away...
New Fighting Words Volunteers
3rd October 2023
Paul found it difficult to trust anyone. So, he’s been alone forever.
It had been a very long day for poor Paul the pigeon, and he needed a glass of wine. He flew back to his nest. He decided to call his best friend Taylor Whift, even though they never met in person. He knew that she could advise on the taxes issue. If he wanted to beat the Overlord of the Human Race, he needed that kind of advice.
Mossley Primary School, P6
3rd October 2023
One day a normal girl called Sandra was making a wish that she could grant wishes, but there was a big puff, and she turned into a witch herself. She wanted to grant wishes but she didn’t want to be a witch. It was Dorothy who was granting her wish, who was Sandra’s best friend.
They were in the woods and it was scary. There were lots of snakes and lots of fog. It was really dark and cold. They were working on a project for school and exploring the woods, making a treasure hunt, looking for natural art materials. They were trying to find their way back because they got lost. They had been there all day and they were getting tired and hungry. ..
St Bernard's Primary School, P6
27th September 2023
One extremely dark night, a strange half-monkey half-human scientist was messing around with his chemicals, and accidentally made Bob the Blob...
Rathcoole Primary School, P6 & P7
20th September 2023
Once a upon a time, there was a man named Spoodaman. He was born in 1523 in City York New, ASU, on Planet Ohio in the Copy Galaxy of the Spooda-verse...
