Alberto Salas Plays Paka Paka con la Papa: Join the Quest with Peru's Famed Scientist and Potato Expert Folklore An Indie Bestseller

An Indie Bestseller

monochromatic artwork and an illuminating author’s note—The Skull is as empowering as it is mysterious and foreboding

She hopes to quench the hunger that gnaws at her

blood-sucking lampreys

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Alberto Salas Plays Paka Paka con la Papa: Join the Quest with Peru's Famed Scientist and Potato Expert Folklore An Indie BestsellerWhat 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 he goes, playing an epic game