Tuesdays Taste Like Rambutan · A picture book about trying something new

A picture book about trying something new

Tuesdays taste like Rambutan

One new fruit. Every single Tuesday.

Cover of Tuesdays Taste Like Rambutan, showing a dragon fruit, mangosteen, starfruit and lychee.

Peek inside

Take a look inside.

Tuesdays Taste Like Rambutan.

The book

Bring Tuesday home.

A read-aloud for the kid who says no before they have tried it, and for the grown-up who is tired of asking twice.

  • FormatPaperback picture book
  • Ages2 to 7
  • IllustrationsHand-drawn by Sofiia Zailo
  • Free with signupPassport + coloring book

$16.97

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It makes an easy, happy gift for

A parent you know A grandparent A teacher Your local library
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Many libraries also take purchase requests, so you can ask yours to order a copy for everyone.

Music for kids

Turn it up!

Five upbeat songs for kids, including Rambutan, the song that goes with the book.

Visit the music page

Who wrote it

Written at the kitchen table.

Elizabeth Benton Thompson wrote this one with her son Roman, on a homestead on Cape Cod where the apples and the blueberries grow just fine, and the rambutan has to be shipped in.

A boy lying on his bed with his fruit passport open beside an ink pad and stamp.

Free printables

Two free printables.

The Fruit Passport and the coloring book, both of them, for one email address. Tell me where to send them.

The free bundle
Two printables · sent by email
  • The Fruit PassportEighteen fruits, one stamp each.
  • The Coloring BookSofiia's line art, ready for crayons.

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Tuesdays Taste Like Rambutan

© 2026 Elizabeth Benton Thompson.