How does the author use personification in the novel, Wildwood (Wildwood Chronicles)?

The author makes extensive use of personification by employing anthromorphism. For example, the animals have conversations, behave similarly to humans, and exhibit emotions of human beings. Owl Rex is a great-horned owl who initiates a secret meeting with Prue to warn her of danger in South Wood. Afterward, Owl Rex is arrested just as a human might be. Septimus the rat helps Curtis escape from a cage in the prison. Then, Septimus acts as a scout by running ahead of Curtis and reporting back what he sees, in the same way that a human lookout might do. Alexandra gives the wild coyotes tattered uniforms to wear and insists that they march upright while they are in her army. As might be expected, the coyotes abhor wearing the uniforms and are uncomfortable in the unnatural posture. Dmitri, one of the coyotes in the army, takes his uniform off immediately after escaping and runs home on all fours. Maskim feels resentment, a human emotion, toward the Governess when Curtis becomes her favorite after entering the Wood. Maskim has provided the Governess with years of loyal service. As such, he feels that he should always be her favorite.