Every morning, brilliant new stories are written by primary schoolchildren.They are all stored in our library (the stories, not the children). To read the stories and see the pictures, just click on the title or read more to view stories.
We also have stories from our other locations: Cork, Conamara, Galway, Kerry, Mayo, NorthWest, Wicklow, and Wexford
Plainfield Memorial School, 5th Grade, 20 December 2018
The wind was howling. The sky was dark. Roscoe the dog was in a gloomy alley, barking at a poster of a dinosaur.
A wild dinosaur ran down the alley and scared Roscoe. “Roar! Boogly, boogly!” screamed the dinosaur.
The Dinosaur, Frank, was trying to figure out why Roscoe was barking. Roscoe was terrified and ran away yipping.
St Fiachra’s Junior National School, Beaumont, 2nd Class, 20th December 2018
One day Fail Man opened up his diary and wrote “Dear diary, I want a flying pig.”
Fail Man and Smart Guy, Fail Man’s best friend, came across Wizard the Pig.
Then they met Santa Claus.
St Colmcille’s Junior National School, Knocklyon, 2nd Class, 18th December 2018
It was a snowy day in Chocolateland and it was raining sugar.
Chocolate the Chocolate was riding on Bill the unicorn’s head.
Chocolate the Chocolate said to Bill the Unicorn, “We must go inside it’s snowing!”
St Patricks NS, Diswellstown Road, 5th Class, 18th December 2018
Once upon a time, there was a flipflop named Jimmy that went to a Gucci shop, but there were no Gucci flipflops left.
Jimmy raged at the shopkeeper, “You should have more flipflops in stock!”
The shopkeeper picked Jimmy up and threw him out of the shop.
St Fiachra’s Senior National School, Beaumont, 6th Class, 17th December 2018
One stormy night in Nigeria, all you could hear was a mysterious spy theme.
All of the sudden, Bagún the Spy Pig appeared from Betty’s caravan.
He’d had a notification from his boss saying he had to infiltrate the Russian embassy.
St Laurence O’Toole’s CBS, Dublin 1, 2nd & 3rd Class, 13th December 2018
The Black Warrior and Evil Steve the Wizard were asleep in their castle.
The giant three-headed dragon peeked in the window and kidnapped Steve!
When the Black Warrior woke up that morning, he said, “Where’s my friend, Steve?”
Balbriggan Educate Together National School, 2nd Class, 12 December 2018
Once there was a blue hamster named Lily. Her best friend was Orange the Orange Hamster and her worst fear was green hamsters.
Lily was scared of the green hamsters because they made her sick. But she loved eating cookies.
One day, a new boy came in and he was a green hamster.
Breaffy National School, 5th Class, County Mayo, 11 December 2018
Have you ever seen a talking sausage?
Well, I’m going to tell you a legendary story about a talking sausage named Digeridoo.
It was a lovely day in Chef Jeff’s kitchen.
Breaffy National School, 5th Class, Count Mayo, 11 December 2018
Over the horizon walked a little girl with a bag of gummy drops.
RIIIIIIP!
The bag tears!
A gummy drop falls out into the searing heat of the Wild West.
Our Lady of Victories, Ballymun, 4th & 5th Class, 11th December 2018
Once upon a time there was a whale named Donkey. No, not a donkey named Whale - a whale named Donkey.
Donkey’s best friend was Felicia the whale. Whenever they left each other, Donkey said, “Bye, Felicia!”
One day Donkey was migrating through the coral reef and he thought to himself, “Why is all this coral going white?”
North Dublin National School Project, 6th Class, 10th December 2018
In the Hershey’s chocolate factory, the cat named Hershey was born.
Making living chocolate was usually out of order, but this was a special, special marketing campaign.
Meanwhile, while they were training Hershey, Reeses the cat was also born.
Scoil Fhursa Nile Lodge, Galway, 4th Class, 7 December 2018
Once upon a time there was a puppet called Jeffy, who was sitting by the fire.
He spotted a green bean and he screamed.
“Ughhhhh!” he gasped and then vomited.
Scoil Chroí Naofa Athenry, Co. Galway, 3rd Class, 7 December 2018
Once upon a time, Cupcake was playing with her best friend Coco the rainbow hamster.
They were riding a rainbow and having great fun.
All of a sudden, they fell off the rainbow.
Sacred Heart SNS, 5th class, County Wicklow, 6th December 2018
Once upon a time there was a lonely compost bin called Ross. No one ever liked him except for Georgina.
She was the only one who recycled her materials. Everybody else just littered.
One day Georgina joined a new school. At lunch time no one let her sit at their table.
St Rose’s National School, Tallaght, 3rd Class, 6th December 2018
Lucy met the big fat pig called Jeffy. She ran away and she fell in some water.
She was scared, but then Frank the ninja came and saved her.
The pig caught up with them and chased Lucy and Frank.
St Maelruain’s COI National School, Tallaght, Dublin 24, 5th/6th Class, 5 December 2018
Once there was a man who lived in an alleyway called Hobo Max. His best friend was a dog called Bob.
During the day, Max liked to eat his cardboard box.
The reason he did this is because he spent all of his money on cigarettes.
St Patrick’s NS Curtlestown, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Class, County Wicklow, 4th December 2018
Once upon a time there was a donkey called Joe who lived on the side of a hill.
He was eating his spuds when in came his friend Spuddy.
“Hi Spuddy, how are you? You smell like potatoes” said Donkey Joe.
O’Connell’s Primary, Dublin 1, 3rd Class, 4th December 2018
There was a horse man called Horseman and he lived in a haunted house.
In the morning, Horseman and Slime Boy went to the shops to get their nails done.
Afterwards they robbed a Gamestop and stole EVERYTHING in the store, even the shelves!!!
St Fiachra’s JNS, Artane, 2nd Class, 3rd December 2018
Once upon a time there was a wolf and a sausage.
The wolf was called Dinnerbone, and his worst fear was humans. There was also a sausage, who always got lost.
The sausage and wolf were best friends. The sausage’s name was Cow the Sausage.
Ardfert National School, 4th Class County Kerry, November 2018
One morning Jimmy dreamed of being a hurler as he lay in his bed in Portumna.
He had just moved from Ardfert to Portumna.
He missed his friends in Ardfert and felt quite lonely.
St Malachy’s Boys National School, Edenmore, 2nd Class, 29 November 2018
Once upon a time there was a knight whose head was a light bulb. His name was Light-Slasher.
He tried to rob a bank before but Dragon Ninja showed up to stop him.
Light-Slasher failed, but was able to escape. Now, Light-Slasher was in his secret lair.
Sacred Heart SNS, 5th class, County Wicklow,29th November 2018
Once upon a time a village lady had a baby with octopus arms and legs.
The baby’s name was Jimmy and one day she lost him.
As he was running he tripped and fell into a giant sausage sambo.
St Fiachra’s Senior National School, Beaumont, 6th Class, 28 November 2018
Swingo the dingo was looking for food in the outback of Australia.
He was searching for cheesy popcorn for his friend John the cow.
Swingo knew he would have to fight a kangaroo to get the popcorn. He had a stick strapped to his back.
Kilcoole Primary School, 6th class,County Wicklow, 27th November 2018
Granny Teta was sitting in her old springy armchair thinking about the time Granny Murray broke the speed limit and flew off a cliff.
She imagined the time when they drove over the cliff and she remembered her best friend’s rainbow hair.
She was listening to diddley-aye music on her portable cd player.
St Fiachra’s JNS, Artane, 2nd Class, 27th November 2018
Once upon a time, there was a rainbow koala named Rainbow who longed for a friend.
Her worst fear was a spider who could eat anything.
One day, she met Bob the Pizza. She said, “Hello Bob, how is your pizza skin today?”
St Mary’s Junior National School, Clondalkin, 2nd Class, 26 November 2018
Once upon a time in the deep blue sea, there was an octopus called Octy.
His best friend was Cian the shark.
Octy and Cian were swimming together and they went to get food.
Scoil Chroí Naofa, Athenry, 6th Class, 23 November 2018
Puddle the melting snowman was made by a lonely boy in his back garden during Christmas.
The boy had snatched a carrot from the Christmas dinner table and gave it to Puddle for a nose.
Puddle decided to call the carrot ‘Luke’ and they became fast friends. Luke saved Puddle from his loneliness.
Luke had been bought at the Christmas market, where he had been parted from his brother Steve.
Claddagh National School, Galway, 3rd Class, 23 November 2018
This is the story of a killer clown called Jamie who wants a robot dog.
Jamie goes to Robot Land in search of his dog. Nearby, a robot dog, Cuboid, is trying to play catch with his best friend Katie the sleepy cat.
Katie is too sleepy to play with him. The King of Robot Land is out for a walk and Cuboid accidentally trips him over.
Fighting Words at Dublin Art Book Fair, 24 November 2018
Deathwing the dragon was in the middle of a dragon battle. He was losing but he still had a chance to win as he was the biggest dragon.
Just then, Deathwing flew to the nearest pothole and barfed. Someone had stuffed a shoelace down his throat.
“Mooo..”
Deathwing was now awake. Emma his best friend the overweight cow had woken him up.
Breaffy National School, Breaghwy, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, 20 November 2018
One day Jeff the pizza was at his grandma’s house.
She was hoovering.
Jeff was hiding under the bed, due to his mortal fear of her hoover.
Breaffy National School, Breaghwy, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, 20 November 2018
Chocolate the Cat was not like any other cat. He was an extremely large cat.
Chocolate was phenomenal at soccer, but he didn’t believe in himself.
Smokey the Thin Cat, who was Chocolate’s best friend, had true faith in his abilities.
Scoil Mhuire, Shankill, 3rd class, County Wicklow, 22nd November 2018
Once upon a time there was a man called Jeff who was rich. Jeff was very friendly, but sassy sometimes.
He started to go call for his friend Fire, who was a phoenix. He told him about his greatest wish:
“I want to be a turtle with super powers!” Jeff said.
St Patrick’s Junior School, Blanchardstown, 2nd Class, 22nd November 2018
Colm the Pizza was being made in the factory when he found a friend called Brookie Cookie.
“Hi, my name is Brookie Cookie. I’m nine years old,” said Brookie Cookie. “Let’s escape from the factory!”
Brookie had been trapped in the factory for nine years. Colm the Pizza didn’t answer back.
St. Andrew’s NS, 2nd class, County Wicklow, 21st November 2018
Once upon a time, there lived a snake called Hissy,
He flew over to his best friend, Shiny the Unicorn because they were having a sleep over.
Shiny gave Hissy his super powers long ago.
Holywell Educate Together National School, Swords, 3rd Class, 21 November 2018
Once upon a time, there was Mr Mush, who loved moustaches.
One day, he saw Mr Chicken Pop-Pop on the road. Mr Chicken Pop-Pop was about to get run over by a car.
Mr Mush took out his moustache sword and sliced the car in half!
Kilcoole Primary School, 6th class, County Wicklow, 20th November 2018
Bang…an explosion woke Tommy up. “Ah leave me alone” he shouted.
He thought they had come to get him but then realised his cell was destroyed.
He looked at the cracked walls of his grey room and then Bryan, his dumb friend, walked in with a bunch of dynamite, and shouted;
O’Connell’s Primary, Dublin 1, 2nd Class, 20th November 2018
Once upon a time, there were two dragons; one of them was named Honey.
He was scared of the other dragon. Honey loved to fly really fast.
But he loved to fly away from other dragons because he was scared of them.
Creevy National School, Donegal, 19 November 2018
There once was a boy called Steve. His greatest wish was that Nana Regine would come back from Australia.
He was worried that she would drown., because she didn't want to pay for an airline ticket and she was swimming.
Steve loved playing with Da Ginga Ninja.
Listowel, Co. Kerry 16 November 2018
Once there was a great explorer named Johnny Bean who lived in a strange and wonderful planet called the Kingdom of Bananas.
Johnny loved exploring, especially to other planets.
During one of his many trips, he became great friends with Millie the Alien who lived on Mars.
Corpus Christi National School, Drumcondra, 3rd Class, 19 November 2018
Once upon a terrible time, Sprinkles the Hamster was in a very dull world called Dull World because nothing was made of sweets.
Sprinkles wanted to make everything out of sweets.
Sprinkles the Hamster had heard that there was a Sweetland, but it was too far and she wished that she could go there.
