Monkey Freddy longs for his pal Minnie to play. Why won't she stop discussing, throwing, and devouring a giant bowl of spaghetti? By the time Minnie's eyes prove bigger than her stomach, Freddy himself gets sucked in to the slippery noodles. This Hello Reader's rhyming text and cartoon illustrations will delight your beginning reader and inspire him to ponder his own food passions.

“I move throughout the world without a plan, guided by instinct, connecting through trust, and constantly watching for serendipitous opportunities.” —From the Preface

Tales of a Female Nomad is the story of Rita Golden Gelman, an ordinary woman who is living an extraordinary existence. At the age of forty-eight, on the verge of a divorce, Rita left an elegant life in L.A. to follow her dream of connecting with people in cultures all over the world. In 1986 she sold her possessions and became a nomad, living in a Zapotec village in Mexico, sleeping with sea lions on the Galapagos Islands, and residing everywhere from thatched huts to regal palaces. She has observed orangutans in the rain forest of Borneo, visited trance healers and dens of black magic, and cooked with women on fires all over the world. Rita’s example encourages us all to dust off our dreams and rediscover the joy, the exuberance, and the hidden spirit that so many of us bury when we become adults.

In this collection of nonfiction stories, Gelman includes many of her own adventures as well as essays by writers and readers all celebrating the connections they've made through food and travel.