First Stories
CowDragon.pdfWhat is First Stories?
First Stories is an ISB story writing competition.
It happens across campus and entails collaboration among students of different age groups:
Students write pictiure book stories. A jury selects the winmer whose stories are then illustrated and published.
Winners receive a free copy of their published book which the librarians will add to the collection, so that everybody can read them.
Links to all previous winners are on this page
How do I participate?
Stories should be no longer than 1000 words written in either English, French or Dutch.
Each student may submit one story only, collaboration with others is allowed.
Submit the story as a shared Google Doc by December.
A jury will select the winners the same month.
The librarians will match the winning stories with an illustrator.
Winners receive a hard copy by the end of June.
Have a look at all our already published stories
If you wish, you can order extra copies of all the prevously published books by clicking on the link under each story
You can order your own copy to be delivered straight to your doorstep.
We hope you will enjoy the work of our writers and illustrators.
What Sheep Do on the Weekend
Written by Clodagh Carrington and Lucy Reaich
Illustrated by Elle Cantagalli
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Mushroom
Written by Emil Thankey
Illustrated by Isabelle Dieraert
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The Big Flood
Written by Santiago Johnson
Illustrated by Yunji Park
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Cow Dragon
Written by Peter Davies
Illustrated by Nadia Van Pel
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Shadowing
By Stella Nordéus
Illustrated by Anouch Pasques
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The Smallest Seed
By Fiona Barbeau
Illustrated by Tijs Adams
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My Best Friend
Written by Alex Abad
Illustratred by Isabella Dieraert
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Six Kind Acts
Written by Anna Smethurst
Illustrated by Yunji Park
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The Woman, The Bear and the Rabbit
Written by Gianna Frantz
Illustrated by Sula Asante-Kissi
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Winter
Written by Anna Sinclair
Illustrated by Rebecca Baxter
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The Journey
Written by Alma Denève, Amaya Diaz, Alessandra DiTullio and Oscar Thankey
Illustrated by Beth Watkins
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Different
Written by Lily De Raedt, Zoe Delja and Charlotte Stacey
Illustrated by Isabella Dieraert
Edited by Alessandra Di Tullio
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Space Dog
Written by Jonathan Reichman and Pedro Romero
Illustrated by Miki Katsuda
Edited Tea Lochner
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The Power of the Elements
Written by Samuel Asante-Kissi
Illustrated by Minjoo Kim
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Lili is a Cosmonaut
Written by Delfine Lang
Illustrated by Miki Katsuda
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Poetry 2019
Written by ISB Students
Illustrated by Miki Katsuda
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PonPon and the Mice Musicians
Written by Sara Makise
Illustrated by Ankitha Kini
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Metasapienanimals
Written by Jack Timbrook and Yannick Wurms
Illustrated by Michael Kloran
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Hudson's Quest
Written by Gus Heer
Illustrated by Michael Kloran
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Painkiller
Written by Gargi Sahasrabuhde
Illustrated by Sarah Dick
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Amy Feels Left Out
Written by Rose Ledecq
Illustrated by Isabella Dieraert
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The World Through My Eyes
Written by Joaquin Abreu-Acker
Illustrated by Maria Dixon
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Drie Ondeugende Kinderen
Written by Thijmen Klaasen
Illustrated by Erin Cebula
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Befriended
Written by Natalia Navas-Gnesdilova
Illustrated by Greg Yang
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Poetry Collection 2018
Written by ISB Students
Illustrated by Miki and Kotta Katsuda
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Tactique pour les échecs?
Written by Louis Drouin Guichard
Illustrated by Minjoo Kim
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