Alberto Salas Plays Paka Paka Con La Papa: Join the Quest with Peru's Famed Scientist and Potato Expert - Sara Andrea Fajardo

\nWhat can a potato do? To Peruvian scientist Alberto Salas, they have the power to change the world. Go on the hunt with Alberto for for wild potatoes before they go extinct in this playful picture book biography, gorgeously illustrated by Caldecott-honoree Juana Martinez-Neal. \n \nHigh up in the Andes mountains of Peru, agricultural scientist Alberto Salas is on a quest. A quest... for potatoes. \n \nUp and down the Andes mountains he goes, playing an epic game of paka paka con la papa, potato hide and seek. These potatoes are special: they have the power to feed the world. \n \nAlberto doesn't have a second to waste. The climate is changing and Alberto must find each and every one to save them before they go extinct. \n \nThe game is on! \n \nAlberto races and peers and prods. Drives and trods and climbs. Will he find the potato he seeks? Will he win the game of paka paka con la papa? \n \nAuthor Sara Andrea Fajardo's spirited biography about the godfather of potatoes is paired with lush art by Caldecott-honoree Juana Martinez-Neal to capture how celebrated scientist Alberto Salas brings joy, curiosity, and fun to his very important, life-changing work.\n