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.
Poyntzpass Primary School, P5/6
4th February 2025
One morning President Bobby went to the market and he bought a golden toilet, a five star expert plumber, five more Ferraris and six Lamborginis. President Bobby was counting his money while eating chicken nuggets very loudly with a squelching noise. He went to Mcdonalds and tried to buy every Big Mac.
Belfast Met Supported Learners' Book Lovers, at the Seamus Heaney Centre
4th February 2025
It was Bill and Bella’s first year in year 5 at school. Bill and Bella go off to the lake after school to swim every day for fun. This lake slowly but surely turns down into a stream.
Bill swished his way and went a bit too far away from Bella. He ended up in the stream. After two minutes, the stream turned into a massive gushing river. Bill yelled for help, “Somebody help!” Bill was feeling scared....
Lough View Integrated Primary School, P7
29th January 2025
Tyler was eating a lot of Big Macs on his home planet, Inflatable.
“If only I could be a bowling ball!” he thought desperately.
Tyler’s planet was created by an inflater god. Tyler was massive, as big as the moon and he had a superpower. He could inflate himself as big as a sun...
Carnalridge Primary School, P7
28th January 2025
Connie, a little dog, wanted to meet Bertha and have a party. Bertha looked like a human, but she was actually an alien. Connie had never met Bertha before, because Bertha was always trying to stay away from Connie...
Donegall Road Primary School, P4
22nd January 2025
Once upon a time there was a dog named Lightning. He liked playing fetch with his owner. Lightning was always kind to other dogs and his colour was white and black. Lightning used to get bullied a lot...
St Mary's Star of the Sea, P7
15th January 2025
One hundred and fifteen years in the future, the world was split in two. There was the light force and the dark force. The light force used to be united with the dark force but something happened that separated them...
Gaelscoil na Móna, R7
14th January 2025
The alien and the octopus came back from Mars from their holiday. On their holiday, they took lots of silly and funny photos. They also found the Mars Rover, who tried to take photos of them...
Scoil an Droichid, R7, at the Seamus Heaney Centre
8th January 2025
Maggy the magma alien woke up and got ready to start the day by eating a good 5 metre high stack of maglorp waffles, which was his favourite food. Maglorp waffles are waffles wrapped around a big stick of magma butter and are covered in granite sprinkles. You have to slurp them up to eat them...
Fane Street Primary School, P6
7th January 2025
Once upon a time Kai woke up and he found his sister gone! He didn’t know where to go to look for his sister. He had to go and look at his Play Station which he had accidentally set on fire with his fire controlling powers...
Carrickmannon Primary School, P7
12th December 2024
Jim II was half man half oat. He had 17,000 oats; he had a house made of oats, a car made of oats, and a boat made of oats. He was driving in his bowl of oats, and he met Pie the fish driving in a pie. Jim II had a football in his bowl of oats and Pie started playing football in his bowl. Jim II was very mad...
