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- ↑ "Chalet School Locations". Friends of the Chalet School. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ↑ Benjamin Lefebvre (2013). Textual Transformations in Children's Literature: Adaptations, Translations, Reconsiderations. Routledge. pp. 73–75. ISBN 978-0-415-50971-8.
- ↑ Sue Sims; Hilary Clare (2000). The Encyclopaedia of School Stories: The encyclopaedia of girls' school stories. Ashgate. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-7546-0082-4.
- ↑ "Complete Numerical List of Titles in the Chalet School Series". Friends of the Chalet School. Archived from the original on 14 March 2008. Retrieved 21 March 2008.
- ↑ "Chalet School reference list". The New Chalet Club. Retrieved 20 March 2008.