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- ↑ "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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