The Giraffe Who Ate the Sun (Silent e)

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Adapted from "Baby Giraffe and the Sun" by Phạm Thu Thùy and Phạm Thu Thùy. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Fantasy Decodable Reader with Silent e | The Giraffe Who Ate the Sun

Practice Words

Single-syllable words where a silent 'e' makes the preceding vowel long (/eɪ/, /iː/, /aɪ/, /əʊ/, /juː/).

home lives pile made like
Page 1
A small yellow house on a green hill with a giraffe silhouette visible in the round window, a blue tree and pink sky in the background.

In a small home on a hill ...

Page 2
Mother giraffe hugs baby giraffe lovingly by an open window with the bright sun shining through against a pink room background.

lives a giraffe and his mum.

Page 3
A busy farm scene with animals working under the hot sun - a sheep pushing a wheelbarrow, baby giraffe watering trees, and a pig relaxing in a pool.

Mum has to go to work.

Page 4
Mother giraffe wearing a hat sweats while picking oranges from trees as baby giraffe watches her work hard in the yellow hot sun.

It is hot.

Page 5
Baby giraffe climbs a very tall ladder made of stacked chairs reaching up into the yellow sky with white clouds.

The giraffe makes a pile.

Page 6
Baby giraffe at the top of a ladder takes a big bite out of the sun which looks like a giant orange with a leaf.

The sun is like an orange.

Page 7
Baby giraffe opens its mouth wide with a pink tongue, eating the sun against a red and orange swirling background.

He ate the sun.

Page 8
A chalk-style drawing on dark blue showing giraffe with a round tummy by a tree, and bear in a chef hat holding bread.

He made it dark.

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