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- ↑ Parents' Choice Award. "Parents' Choice." http://www.parents-choice.org/product.cfm?product_id=25810&award=xx&from=Candlewick+Press
- ↑ Children's Literature Assembly. "Notables." http://www.childrensliteratureassembly.org/notables/NCBLA09.pdf Archived 2017-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
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