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

by Sara Andrea Fajardo

What 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.

High up in the Andes mountains of Peru, agricultural scientist Alberto Salas is on a quest. A quest... for potatoes.

Up and down the Andes mountains...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250838614
• ISBN13: 9781250838612
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 10.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3