Stories

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

It's Simply Denna

St.Kevina s BNS, Finglas West. 6th Class. 16th December 2009.
Denna was walking down the road with his dog, Cula Bula.  He had a bottle of beer.

He was going down to collect his money from the labour and the security wouldn’t let him in because he had a bottle.

The Jelly Takes it All

St.Marys Rathmines. 3rd Class. 15th December 2009
Early one morning, Fred the Jelly Monster and his best friend, Jib Job Bob the Chocolate Monster, were playing rugby.

Fred said to Jib Job Bob, ”we only have twenty days before the sun comes out.

The Great Escape

St Joseph's CBS Fairview, 8th December 2009
Hotdog the Magic Pig was on the farm. He didn’t like living there. He wanted to escape.

“I’d love to go to China – or anywhere more interesting than this farm!” he thought.

Tickle Me, Obama

Willow Park School, Blackrock, 5th Class, 7 December 2009
It was show and tell in Jedwardo’s school in America and she brought in her hamster, Gino.

He was in his hamster ball on a unicycle and it snapped. He saw a dog and ate it.

The Craziest Day Ever

St.Laurence O Tooles GNS, Sheriff Street. 2nd Class. 3rd December 2009
Once upon a time there was a boyfriend named Travis. Travis was tall and gorgeous. He was go hálainn. 

His girlfriend’s name was Jasmin. Jasmin had blonde hair and a side fringe. Her hair was massive. She wore lots of nice clothes.

Mrs. McConkey Smells

Scoil Mobhi, Glasnevin. 1st Class. 2nd December 2009
Jacob Crackers, the penguin DJ, was at home on his iceberg. Some really mean penguins came and started chasing him – so he ran back into his igloo.

Jacob got a job in a club making new music for penguins. Then a space cruiser attacked – and a crocodile attacked at the same time!

What a Day!

Scoil an tSeachtar Laoch, 6th Class. 1st December 2009. Illustrations by Phil Barrett.
Mr.Toastie, the flying toaster, was in the shop one day. He was on the shelf, waiting to be bought.

A really narky family came over and bought him. But Mr.Toastie didn’t want to go with that family. He wasn’t being used, so he flew away.

Mrs. McConkey's First Date

Our Lady Immaculate Senior National School, Darndale - 3rd Class, 30 November 2009
Mrs Mc Conkey was remembering when she was  in school and she met a nerd in the hall. The  nerd said nothing. It was in the old days, in the 60’s.

“Hey nerd, whatcha doin?” she asked. “Give me your lunch money!”

Dance Chick

St.Josephs GNS, Finglas West, 5th Class. 26 November 2009
One ordinary day, Johnny the dancing chicken was walking down the road when he saw Lucy Locket, his best friend.

He smelt a whiff of KFC and was scared of the smell so he ran away! They ran all the way to Burger King but they got chased out.

Bakery Brawls

Willow Park School, Blackrock. 5th Class
It was a Saturday night when I saw it. I took this delicious chocolate chip muffin out of the oven when legs and arms popped out of it and it ran away! 

Princess Claire

St Joseph's GNS, Finglas West, 2nd Class, 23 November 2009
There once was a princess whose name was Claire.

One day she was sitting in the sitting room of her palace with her best friend, a puppy called Snowball.

The mystery driver

Sandymount 4th Class, 19 November 2009
One day, someone was sitting on Lanky Larry, the Haunted Toliet and the person forgot to flush him.

So, Shaba Laba Ding Dong, Lanky Larry’s best friend, came over and flushed him.

The Alien Invasion

Esker Educate Together National School, 4th 5th & 6th Class, 17 November 2009
Once upon a time in a far, far away galaxy, there was a planet called Zardoh.

There were lots of aliens on the planet. One of its inhabitants was lonely.

A Day in the Dungeons

coil an tSeachtar Laoch, 3rd Class. 16 November 2009
Sir Snort-a-Lot and his wife Lady Snort-a-Lot rule the planet of pigs.  They live in a giant castle made of mud and muck.

Cheesy the Cheese tries to get into Sir Snort-a-Lot’s safe where he keeps all his ham.

The Search For Love

Our Lady Immaculate Senior School, Darndale - 5th and 6th Class, 12 November 2009
Once upon a time there were two brothers called Mr China-Chong and Shapa-lapa-ding-dong. They lived in Seattle.

The brothers were looking for twins to be their girlfriends.

Shomoneheehee

Virgin Mary BNS, Ballymun, 3rd,4th & 5th Class. 10 November 2009
One day, the Shoe Monster went into the farting department of the shop.

Michael Jackson was doing his shopping in the same shop when Hip Hop Ninja dropkicked him.

Max the Sad Dog

St Patrick's JNS Corduff, 2nd Class. 5th November 2009

Once upon a time, Max the talking dog went into the woods. He was looking for his owner. Instead he found a girl called Chelsea. 

“Do you want to be my friend?” he asked her. 

Fridge Factor

Belgrove GNS, Clontarf. 6th Class
Gibby had always loved dancing.  It was a hard hobby, especially because Gibby was a piece of blue cheese!

On Gibby’s first day at stage school, he was reeeally nervous because he was the youngest there and didn’t know anyone. 

The Twin Terrors

St Brigid's Primary School, Haddington Road, 5th Class, 3 November 2009
A new teacher came to Lily and Lisa’s class. The teacher liked Lily better than Lisa because Lily was really smart and knew all the answers. Lisa was getting jealous of Lily.

One day, Lisa got in trouble for putting a stink bomb in the prinicpal’s desk. Lisa wanted Lily to take her place in detention.

Jar Wars

Glasnevin Educate Together National School, 4th Class, 2nd November 2009
Bob, the pickle with the sombrero, was doing the ironing when a crazy kung-fu goat jumped in through the window.

‘You’ve done a better entry!’ said Bob.

The Love Row

Holy Child GNS, Larkhill. 4th Class
Chapter One
Once upon a time, there was an evil witch called Doris. She lived in an old cave. She was with her black cat, cooking up some children in her big cauldron.

Her best friend, the three-eyed googley monster, came into the cave and said “Raaaaaaaaaa!!!”

Afro Man Strikes Again!

Virgin Mary Boys National School, 4th/5th/6th Class, 15th October 2009
One dark night, SpiderMonkey and Manfish Pig were hanging out in the wheelchair department of their local shop. 

“How did you get crippled?” Manfish Pig asked SpiderMonkey.

The Vampire

St Joseph's School for the Visually Impaired
Alex the Vampire is on tour. He is the lead singer in the band Different Smells.

Gordon is Alex’s best friend and he plays the drums really loudly. Sometimes he plays the drums so loudly that he frightens everyone!

The Under Sea Trouble

Scoil Thomais, Castleknock. 4th Class
Once upon a time, under the deep blue sea, in the Great Barrier Reef, two friends Ollie the Octopus and Ellie the Starfish were swimming around.

They spotted the King of the Reef, who was a great white shark, approaching a seal.

The Banana Chronicles: Book 1

Ranelagh Multidenominational School, 4th Class
Bob the Monkey lived in a tree-house in the jungle. One day his banana phone started ringing: “Ring ring ring ring Banana phone!”

It was his best friend Gergonglers, who was a big purple jelly with orange spots, jagged teeth and one eye sticking out of his head.

The Danger Brothers

Plas Mhuire, Dorset Street, 5th/6th Class. 6th October 2009
One stormy night Mr.Danger was in his Ma’s house thinking about all the robberies that had been on the news.

He was jealous of the robbers and decided to rob a bank.

Croco's Wish

St Fiachra's GNS, 2nd class
Croco the crocodile was at home in the swamp.  He was lying down watching TV with Rocky, the talking sock.  They had been friends for a long time.  After a while, they decided to go for a swim in the river.

“You know I’m a magic sock Croco?” said Rocky.

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