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, Galway, Kerry, Mayo, NorthWest, and Wicklow
St Fiachra’s Senior National School, 6th Class, 9 September 2019
Babathundae and his friend the Barbecue Sauce were on a rollercoaster.
Babathundae left the cap off his friend.
Eight years later, Babathundae opened a curry shop called Babathundae’s Curry.
Corpus Christi GNS, Drumcondra, 4th Class, 5 September 2019
Once upon a time there was a goldfish called Bubbles.
Bubbles lived in a bowl in a very nice home in New York City, on the hundredth floor.
Power of Words Literary Festival Abbeyleix Heritage Centre, 25 August2019
Once upon a time, Anthem the Phoenix was flying through the sky during the day when she saw her beautiful friend, Mabel the Hedgehog, and she said, “Are you lost?”
“No, I’m just looking for something to eat,” said Mabel.
Anthem invited Mabel over to her nest for dinner.
Edmund Rice Summer Camp, 9th August 2019
On a dark night Joe was walking around a city. Then Joe saw a chicken nugget on top of the Avenger Tower.
He passed through the Cemetery for Ironthings (CI). Joe sees a bird flying around hitting people.
The bird hit Joe the Giraffe. Henry the Hoover fell off the building and died.
Bray Library Workshop
One day, Pizza the llama was in his giant gold stable.
He wished he had a mansion made of money because his greatest wish was to be a billionaire.
All the plumbing would be made of hot and cold money.
Young writers aged 5-6 came to Fighting Words and wrote an original story together, and saw it being drawn on the Fighting Words screen.
Lucan Youth Fun, Afternoon Workshop, 3 July 2019
One day Hotdog the Hotdog Dude went and saw Peppa the Rhino.
George the Rhino came along because he had a crush on Peppa the Rhino.
Dug the Pug came along and ate George the Rhino.
Lucan Youth Fun, 3rd July 2019
Welcome to the story.
Supreme the Brick found a coin on the ground and wished he could go skydiving and wished to be a super brick.
Then he went skydiving. His parachute did not work so he had to get surgery.
Gaelscoil Eiscir Riada, Lucan, Co. Dublin, 3rd Class, 25 June 2019
Mr Grump the old man was very grumpy. He had a pet turtle called BillyMcSchmitty.
They lived in a small house on Woodfarm Road.
A kid walked up to Mr Grump and threw his bike away. Then the kid ran away.
Gaelscoil Coláiste Mhuire, Cearnog Pharnell, BAC 1, Rang 4, 24ú Meitheamh 2019
Lá amhain, bhí bhreithlá Barnaby an rinea ann.
Bhí a chara Jimmy an toirtís ag pleanáil cóisir gan fhios dó.
Bhí Jimmy ag siopadóireacht, nuair a bhuail sé le Lippo Hippo.
St. Dominic’s NS, 5th class, County Wicklow, 2nd October 2018
Once upon a time there was a banana who broke out of the fridge.
His name was Kevin and his greatest wish was to be a DJ.
After he opened the fridge door he saw a pickle banging on the glass of his jar.
St Kevin’s GNS, 4th class, County Wicklow, 27th September 2018
There once lived someone called Doctor Spectacles who was a salesman.
When he was in his shop at 10 o’clock one night he saw Lizzy the Lizard drinking coffee and doing ‘the floss’.
Let’s not mind that, Dr Spectacles was here to get a polka dot bikini for his mother’s funeral.
Festina Lente Group
Once upon a time Ginger was born near some water in a desert. Ginger the horse was brown and white in colour.
She had no mane. Ginger's parents were shocked because of it and had abandoned her. She was a lonely orphan.
Ginger felt really hot during the day and the sandstorms that blew in blinded her and made her really thirsty.
At night she was cold as the desert became breezy and freezing
St. Fergal’s NS, Bray, 2nd class, County Wicklow, 26th September 2018
Once upon a time, there lived a dragon called Jake. He could breathe ice!
He went on an adventure and he found a friend called Reg, who was a fire breathing dragon.
Reg and Jake lived in a cave in the Dragon Kingdom.
Our Lady of The Wayside, 6th class, County Wicklow, 25th September 2018
“The battle of the banquet is on today. I have to get out of here,” thought Christian the Cornish pastry.
The battle of the banquet happens every coronation and the pastries are fighting the German Wiener Schnitzels for their right to be on the table at the banquet.
“I really want to win the battle” he thought “but I really want to take Christina the custard cream pastry on a date first.
Rathmichael School, 6th class, County Wicklow, 20th September 2018
Gucci and Patrick were walking down the street when Gucci jumped onto Patrick’s lid. Patrick is a jar of mayonnaise.
Gucci is a Californian Sushi roll that wants to own a Japanese Hair Dryer Co.
Then, all of a sudden, Gucci’s arch enemy, Big Tay, walked up to them and shoved cakes into their faces. “Hey!” said Gucci.
St. Fergal’s NS, 2nd class, County Wicklow, 19th September 2018
One day Uni the Unicorn was in her magical land when she fell off a small building as she was feeling sick and tired.
When Uni fell she landed on the ground which made a bit of a hole. It was there she found magical sparklers next to her.
But she thought they were normal sparklers. She picked them up and she shook them around like normal sparklers…but suddenly she disappeared!
Our Lady of the Wayside, Kilternan, 6th class, County Wicklow,18 September 2018
Our story begins in a field where Johnny is eating grass with Trey the tortoise.
Johnny starts drinking from a bucket of dirty brown rainwater.
‘Let’s go down to the river,’ Johnny exclaimed to Trey the tortoise, ‘the very river where I met you under that moist leaf you live under.’
Lakers Group
Bray, Co. Wicklow
8 June 2018
In the old times, there were pirates. People were frightened of them.
The pirates had long, long beards and they smelled like trash and dead fish.
They drank cider, vodka and rum cocktails and they ate fish eyes on cocktail sticks.
Hollypark Boys National School, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, 5th class. 20th June 2018
One Sunday evening, Monty Dublin was sitting on his couch watching the World Cup.
Monty noticed he was sitting on his best friend, mouldy Buttered Bagel.
At that moment, his father came down the stairs in his sunflower costume.
