Alberto Salas Plays Paka Paka Con La Papa Grace Lin New York Times

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but she can only trace back three generations

This book is an expression of admiration of Fred Rogers

and lavishly illustrated by author Walter Moers

Alberto Salas Plays Paka Paka Con La Papa Grace Lin New York TimesWhat 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