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Leave it to Plum!
Matt Phelan
Illustrator: Matt Phelan
Ages: 9+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Greenwillow/HarperCollins
ISBN: 978-0-06-307916-8
Keywords: zoos, friendship, puns,
Peppy peacock Plum loves that peacocks run free at the zoo as ambassadors. But jealous Itch, a ningbing, causes havoc. Humorous greyscale drawings.