Juana Martinez-Neal – illustratör

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 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. Alberto 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.The game is on!Alberto 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?Author 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.

Esta biografia ilustrada y oda a la conservacion y ciencia acompana al agronomo peruano Alberto Salas en su busqueda de papas silvestres antes de que se extingan, con ilustraciones de la ganadora de un Caldecott Honor, Juana Martinez-Neal. Muy alto en la cordillera de los Andes en Peru, el ingeniero agricola Alberto Salas anda en una busqueda. En busqueda... de papas.Arriba y abajo de las montanas va, jugando un juego epico de paka paka con la papa, a las escondidas con la papa. Estos tuberculos son especiales: tienen el poder de alimentar y salvar al mundo.Alberto no tiene tiempo que perder. El clima esta cambiando en los Andes y el debe encontrar y rescatar cada una de las variedades de papa antes de que se extingan.!El juego ya empezo!Alberto corre, busca detenidamente y escarba. Maneja y camina y trepa. Encontrara la papa que busca? Podra ganar este juego de paka paka con la papa?En su debut como autora con esta energetica biografia sobre el "padrino de las papas", Sara A. Fajardo une fuerzas con el rico y ludico arte de la ilustradora galardonada con el premio Caldecott, Juana Martinez Neal, capturando como el celebrado agronomo Alberto Salas realiza su imprescindible trabajo con deleite, curiosidad y regocijo.Also available in English (winner of the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award)!

Winner of the 2020 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book MedalA 2020 American Indian Youth Literature Picture Book Honor Winner“A wonderful and sweet book . . . Lovely stuff.” —The New York Times Book Review Told in lively and powerful verse by debut author Kevin Noble Maillard, Fry Bread is an evocative depiction of a modern Native American family, vibrantly illustrated by Pura Belpre Award winner and Caldecott Honoree Juana Martinez-Neal. Fry bread is food.It is warm and delicious, piled high on a plate.Fry bread is time.It brings families together for meals and new memories.Fry bread is nation.It is shared by many, from coast to coast and beyond.Fry bread is us.It is a celebration of old and new, traditional and modern, similarity and difference.A 2020 Charlotte Huck Recommended BookA Publishers Weekly Best Picture Book of 2019A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of 2019A School Library Journal Best Picture Book of 2019A Booklist 2019 Editor's ChoiceA Shelf Awareness Best Children's Book of 2019A Goodreads Choice Award 2019 SemifinalistA Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Book of 2019A National Public Radio (NPR) Best Book of 2019An NCTE Notable Poetry BookA 2020 NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young PeopleA 2020 ALA Notable Children's BookA 2020 ILA Notable Book for a Global Society 2020 Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year ListOne of NPR's 100 Favorite Books for Young ReadersNominee, Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award 2022-2022Nominee, Illinois Monarch Award 2022