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
St Mary’s Boys National School, Maynooth, 3rd Class, 28 November 2017
Once upon a time, there was a chilli alien called Hot. His dream vehicle was a spaceship made of chillis. Hot had a best friend called Lady Pasta.
Hot and Lady Pasta lived far, far away on the planet Foodso. On Foodso, there were no rules and the houses were made of candy.
One day, there was a huge earthquake. Hot and Lady Pasta were trying to leave, but they couldn’t because they didn’t have a spaceship.
Greenlanes National School, Clontarf. 6th Class, Monday 27th November 2017
It all started on top of a mountain. It was cold, as always.
“Whose idea was it that it would be National Prank Day?” Damo thought to herself, already late for work.
In her mind, she was rehearsing her dance routine to “Single Ladies” by Beyonce. That always calmed her down.
Fighting Words at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Jonathan Swift 350 Festival, 25 November 2017
Once upon a time there was a land called Anatopia. In Anatopia there lived a turtle named George. He lived in a small pineapple.
George had a very loud neighbour who lived in a coconut. Her name was Rebecca the unicorn.
Every year George the turtle tried out for the Reef Race, and every year he came last. And every year Sammy the shark came first.
Oranmore Boys National School, 3rd Class, County Galway, 24 November 2017
Once upon a time there was a flying unicorn called Jack. His best friend was Jippy the DJ donkey.
Jack and Jippy loved dabbing on the road. They also loved boxing matches.
Jack was watching a boxing match with Jippy when a girl came in and asked him to be his girlfriend.
Kilcolgan Educate Together, 4th Class, County Galway, 24th November 2017
There was once was a galactic leprechaun called Belt Buckle.
His best friend’s name was Tim, the glue-breathing dragon.
They lived in Space City but they always wanted to find the gold planet.
North Monastery’s 5th Class, County Wicklow, 24 November 2017
Once upon a time there was a dinosaur named Duck who was really small and had a best friend named Danny, the Actual Duck.
His biggest fear was a furious dinosaur named Fred.
Wicklow ETNS, 2nd class, County Wicklow, 23rd November 2017
Santa said to his friend Rudolph the huskie:
“I hope my worst fear doesn’t come true today.
The thing is- I’ve been doing odd things lately.
St Brigid’s Girls National School, Glasnevin, 6th Class, 23 November 2017
Once upon a time there was an apple called Bob, who lived in a silver fruit bowl.
He had a best friend named Peter the pineapple who also lived in the silver fruit bowl.
The silver fruit bowl was in a gorgeous New York penthouse.
Ballyroan BNS, 3rd class, County Wicklow, 22nd November 2017
In the arctic, there lived a polar penguin called Johnny.
He lived peacefully with his mum and dad and his best friend, Jeff, a piece of grass.
His mum was a penguin and his dad was a polar bear!
St Fiachra’s Junior National School, Beaumont, 2nd Class, 22 November 2017
Jimmy the Pineapple lived in a fruit bowl in the fridge.
The fridge was in a humongous house shaped like a banana. Banana Man lived in the banana house.
Jimmy the Pineapple didn’t like living in Banana Man’s house because the Banana Man wanted to eat him.
St Joseph’s National School, Derrywash, 3rd Class, County Mayo, 21st November 2017
When I first was a loose grape, I screamed because I fell in a lake of banana juice, which was in the family dog bowl.
Then Daniela was thirsty and needed a drink at the dog bowl.
At first, Gary was scared
St Attracta’s National School, Charlestown, 5th Class, County Mayo, 21st November 2017
Wilma the coconut was planning to have an ordinary day.
It was Christmas Eve and she was hoping to put the lights on the Christmas tree. She also was hoping to stay up late to see Santa Claus.
She looked out of her window and spotted a tsunami on the horizon.
St Francis Senior National School, Priorswood, 6th Class, 21 November 2017
Michael the talking rat saw a cat come down into the sewers.
He went to Frankie the mouse, who was his best friend, to let him know that there was a cat in the sewers.
Michael and Frankie were scared, and ran to a neighbour’s house.
St Francis Senior National School, Priorswood, 5th Class, 20 November 2017
One day when Johnny the pig was bored at home, he decided to watch his favourite band The Two Potatoes on the television.
Johnny really wanted to meet the band and become a pop star himself.
A few minutes later, his best friend Jimmy the horse knocked for him.
Claddagh National School, Galway, 4th Class, 17 November 2017
One day in a little cloud, a unicorn appeared. Jake was standing on the cloud.
“We need to go to Candyland, Bimbo,” said Jake.
Just as Bimbo was about to answer, it started to rain and the cloud evaporated. They fell to the ground.
Claddagh National School, Galway, 4th Class, 17 November 2017
Once upon a time there was an evil cat called Patricia.
She lived with her best friend, Harry the jousting dog.
Patricia and Harry were in their cottage having dinner.
Scoil Chill Ruadhain, 4th Class, County Cork, 17 November 2017
My name is Ben and welcome to my life. I just moved to a new town, Manchester, and it's very hard for me.
I haven't got a lot of friends. The only friend I've got is my dog Jimmy.
The only thing that keeps me going is playing football.
Bray School Project, 5th Class, County Wicklow, 16th November 2017
One day Betsy was locked inside the gate in Saran Wood. Evelyn’s evil henchwoman Gertrude threw him in.
Then Jimmy the Marshmallow opened the back exit using his magic powers.
Betsy said ‘Why thank you Jimmy the Marshmallow’.
St Fiachra’s Junior National School, Beaumont, 2nd Class, 16 November 2017
Once upon a time there was a dog called Willow who lived in Romania. She chased a butterfly and got lost from her family.
While Willow was lost, she met her best friend, another dog called Indy. Together the two dogs chased the butterfly into the woods.
In the woods, Willow and Indy saw fireworks. The two friends got very scared.
St Patrick’s NS, Glencullen, 3rd class, County Wicklow, 15th November 2017
Once upon a time there was a beautiful land that had a big fluffy castle that everyone lived in.
One day, Bob the pebble, decided to go down to the mainland.
There he met Fireball, the big rainbow dragon.
St Patrick’s Junior National School, Blanchardstown, 2nd Class, 15 November 2017
One sunny morning, there was a baby dragon called James walking down the street.
James was with his best friend, Vip the vacuum cleaner. They were on their way to school.
When they arrived at school, their teacher asked them, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”
Sacred Heart SNS, 5th class, County Wicklow, 14th November 2017
There was a placed called La La Land where a unicorn called ‘Cobby’ lived.
His friend Benny the bear lived next door. Benny loved corn so much he’d eat it for breakfast lunch and dinner.
There was a man who hated unicorns called Mr. Corney the unicorn beater.
St Fiachra’s Senior National School, Beaumont, 6th Class, 14 November 2017
On a farm in Pickleville, there was a newborn baby pickle called Mick the Pickle.
His first words were “I’m Pickle Mick.”
Mick the Pickle was born with one curly blue hair between his eyes.
St Vincent de Paul Girls National School, Griffith Avenue, 2nd Class, 13 November 2017
Once there was a uni-panda called Pandy. Pandy had a best friend who was called Charlie the pig.
Her greatest wish was to learn to fly.
Pandy wanted to learn to fly because she went to school with a lot of birds.
Tirellan National School, 5th Class, County Galway, 10 November 2017
Two years ago, Tom the Talking Toaster came alive….
“Oh my toast!” said the toaster. He then heard a voice crying, “Help me, help me!”
It was Bob the slice of bread talking.
Tirellan National School, 5th Class, County Galway, 10 November 2017
Chiniqua the gorilla was in the Mexican jungle looking for her friend, Herbert the whale.
“Herbert, come on! I have a cookie for you!” she called.
“But I’m stuck,” said Herbert.
St Coen’s NS, 6th class, County Wicklow, 9th November 2017
It was time for Jason to get up for school. Even though he hated school he still had to go to school.
He was nervous as it was a new school and it was his first day.
He walked to school and met his best friend Albert half-way there.
Our Lady Immaculate Junior National School, Darndale, 2nd Class, 9 November 2017
Once there was a dog called Cece. She had an owner called Timmy, who was a ninja.
Timmy loved to eat grapes and he shared them with Cece.
Even though Cece loved Timmy, she got scared of a thunderstorm one day and ran away.
Blessington ETNS, 4th-6th class,County Wicklow, 8th November 2017
It all started one day in Jim’s giant vault. He had been watching his favourite TV show “Runge McDuck” the night before as he had so much money he could afford to make his own television show.
After Runge McDuck was over he had seen some shadows. He was checking to see if his money was still there after seeing them.
As he turned around he knocked Anthony, his favourite ketchup bottle on the ground and to his horror, he broke!
St Joseph’s National School, Kilucan, Co. Westmeath, 4th Class, 8 November 2017
Penelope the Cow lived on the Blue Star Adoption Farm.
There were lots of other animals, cows, pigs, dragons, exploding chickens and unicorns.
She was always treated really well but she wanted to go explore the world. She dreamed to have wings.
Delgany NS, 5th class, County Wicklow, 07 November 2017
One day, Piff the Pufferfish was sorting through his hats.
He was in the sea dump, at the end of the coral reef.
He realised he had lost his beautiful, brilliant, majestic fedora.
St Fiachra’s Junior National School, Beaumont, 2nd Class 06 November 2017
Thunder Boy was in St. Fiachra’s learning, then Thunder Man, his father who he was really scared of, came to school and used his lightning to electrocute the school.
Everyone started being mean to Thunder Boy because they thought he did it, but his father actually did it. He tried to tell everyone but they didn’t listen.
Then his best friend Super Bob tried to help Thunder Boy explain. But then they thought Super Bob was on the bad side.
Dublin Book Festival, 04 November 2017
In Farmer Fred’s farm, there lived a hoola-hooping pig called Bubbles, who dreamed of running away from the farm.
He wanted to run away to find the magical, portable pizza-fountain.
One day there was an alien potato invasion on the farm. Bubbles found his best friend, the imaginary dragon called Jeffrey, hopped on his back, and flew away from the farm.
KETNS. 6th Class, County Galway, 27 October 2017
Jill the unicorn was flying really fast and she landed beside Jeff.
He said ‘WOAH! I should give you a speeding ticket’.
‘Hi I’m Jeff and I’m a policeman!’ said Jeff.
St Vincents Primary School, County Cork, 27 October 2017
Once upon a time there was a demon called Kelly. Her best friend's name was a little dragon called Clumsy.
Clumsy would always hide in Kelly's back-pack when she went to school.
Kelly's family is evil, but she doesn't want to be like them. She doesn't really like school because she gets bullied.
St Kevin’s NS, Tarahill, 5th class, County Wicklow, 26th October 2017
HOBO Joe cowered in his box from the rain, in the second biggest city in Jamaica.
Joe and Strudel the rabbit were in the back streets of Kevinopolis. They were cold in the rain.
“I have a bad feeling,” says Strudel.
St Benedict’s National School, Ongar, 5th Class, 26th October 2017
One day Bacon the pig was sleeping in the pigpen. There was a smell of manure in the air.
After he woke up he took his first step and jumped into his mud bath.
He walked over to his best friend Steak the cow’s pen and saw him looking for his brother, Jeff. Jeff had been missing since the night before.
St Joseph’s National School, Longford, 4th Class, 25 October 2017
There was a once a girl called Emily who was secretly a detective.
She crept out of her window one night, hoping her parents wouldn't hear her.
Her motivation to be a detective was that she had seen a movie called Tom Baxter and wanted to solve crimes just like him.
Our Lady of Wayside, County Wicklow, 24 October 2017
One time there was a very young pigeon called Stephen. He was pretending to have a shower because he HATED cleaning homself but his mum said he had to be clean.
In the shower he found a button that, when he pressed it, opened up a secret passage-way.
The passage led into a secret lair, where there was a majestic, golden haired donkey, holding a potion.
St Francis Senior School, Priorswood, 6th Class, 24 October 2017
Once upon a time, there was a lonely kangaroo called Philip. He had abandoned by his family when he was younger.
Philip’s only friend was a dog called Fish. He lived in a cave in the mountains, outside Sydney in Australia.
He ate purple pineapples for breakfast, dinner and tea.
