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People Are Wild

Margaux Meganck

Illustrator: Margaux Meganck

Ages: 6+

Published: 2022

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf/Random House Children's Books/PRH

ISBN: 978-0-593-30194-4

Keywords: human characteristics

Animal children query their parents about the diverse humans they see and are warned not to get too close to the people! Color pencil and watercolor illustrations. Back matter.