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- 1 2 3 Canadian Children's Book Centre (1999). The Storymakers: Illustrating Children's Books : 72 Artists and Illustrators Talk about Their Work. pp. 103–04. ISBN 1551381079.
- 1 2 3 Rechcigl, Miloslav (2016). Encyclopedia of Bohemian and Czech-American Biography. Vol. 2. p. 137. ISBN 978-1524620691.
- ↑ "Jirina Marton and her Governor General's Award-winning children's book illustrations". CBC Books. November 17, 2009. Archived from the original on March 27, 2017.
- ↑ "An Illustrative Life, an exhibition by Jirina Marton". Colborne Art Gallery.
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