My 13-year-old son’s Exotic Fruit Challenge: Dragonfruit.
Reminds us of: watermelon crossed with kiwi.
Texture: like a grainy kiwi.
Flavor: like watermelon but not as sweet and with seeds like kiwi.
Verdict: very good!
Explore exotic fruit in this lovely board book that might entice your kids to try dragonfruit and more!
Exotic Fruit by Huy Voun Lee
This lovely board book starts off with dragonfruit! Lee describes it as having bright-pink skin and green leaves that resemble a dragon. Mangosteen, pineapple, kiwi, lychee, durian, starfruit, wax apple, and jackfruit are also included and will inform our Exotic Fruit Challenge! [board book, for ages 2 and up]
My books:
Amazon / Signed or Inscribed by Me
Amazon / Signed or Inscribed by Me
Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World
- Junior Library Guild Gold selection
- Selected as one of 100 Outstanding Picture Books of 2023 by dPICTUS and featured at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair
- Starred review from School Library Journal
- Chicago Library’s Best of the Best
- 2023 INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist
- Green Earth Book Award longlist
- Imagination Soup’s 35 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023 for Kids
Amazon / Barefoot Books / Signed or Inscribed by Me
Amazon / Scholastic / Signed or Inscribed by Me
What a fun challenge idea! I’ve always wondered what dragon fruit tasted like.
It’s a little like kiwi but not as tart.
I LOVE dragon fruit, but it is only grainy when it is picked before it is ripe. I got spoiled eating it fresh when we lived in Guatemala, and have yet to find one in a US store that measures up…
Ah…that is probably our issue! It’s hard to find it really fresh here I bet! Thanks for that insight MaryAnne. If we make it Guatemala, we will try it there!