Paka Paka con la Papa
Join the Quest with Peru's Famed Scientist and Potato Expert
$37.07
- Hardcover
48 pages
- Release Date
16 September 2025
Summary
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 of paka paka con la papa, potato hide and seek. Finding each and every last potato so he can save them before they go extinct.
The world depends on his work, and as global warming gets worse, the climate will only continue to change - Alberto doesn’t have a second to waste. The game is on!
Alber…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781250838612 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1250838614 |
| Author: | Sara Andrea Fajardo, Juana Martinez-Neal |
| Publisher: | St Martin's Press |
| Imprint: | St Martin's Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 48 |
| Release Date: | 16 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 504g |
| Dimensions: | 11mm x 264mm x 265mm |
| Audience Age: | 4 |
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Critics Review
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Winner
Ezra Jack Keats Award Winner
Orbis Pictus Honor Book
★”Thematic connections to environmentalism and sustainability in our changing modern world, told through a Latinx lens, this is a highly recommended title for all nonfiction collections.” -School Library Journal, starred review
★”A lovely tribute to an unassuming yet impactful changemaker.” -Booklist, starred review
★”In a warm palette, Caldecott Honoree Martinez-Neal’s lush mixed-media illustrations convey Salas’s dedication and the potatoes as jewels hiding in an ever-shifting landscape. Fajardo smartly melds playful language with an urgent conservationist message…” -Publishers Weekly, starred review
★”[A]n affable, often playful tone and a loose yet incredibly informative narrative peppered with words in Spanish and Quechua, Fajardo recounts the potato expert’s adventures in all their glory…” -Kirkus, starred review
★”This tribute to a contemporary figure will no doubt strike a chord with young readers.” -BookPage, starred review
“Fajardo’s playful narrative brings readers along on Salas’s quest, touching lightly but directly on other serious issues that affect his work, such as climate change and human encroachment on natural habitats.” -Horn Book
“The book is beautifully illustrated in a sketch-like style, with drawings in various shades of brown evoking potatoes and soil. The writing is simple and almost melodic in parts, mixing Spanish and Quechua terms with the English prose.” -Science Magazine
Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
Evanston Public Library’s 101 Great Books for Kids
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best of the Year
Booklist Editors’ Choice List Selection
Outstanding Science Trade Book Winner
A Notable Book for a Global Society
A NCSS Notable Social Studies Book
Virginia Reads Book List Selection
A Bank Street Best Book of the Year
Kansas NEA Reading Circle List
Sara Andrea Fajardo
Sara A. Fajardo grew up in Salinas, California, and currently resides in the San Francisco Bay Area, with her husband, two children, and very playful cat.
Juana Martinez-Neal’s debut as an author-illustrator, Alma and How She Got Her Name, was awarded a Caldecott Honor. For her other work, Juana has won a Robert F. Sibert Medal and a Pura Belpré Illustrator Award. She lives in Connecticut with her family.
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