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- ↑ Schmidt, Gary (2024-01-01). "Gary D. Schmidt Josette Frank Award 2024 Acceptance Letter". Children's Book Committee.
- ↑ "Josette Frank Award". University of Nebraska at Kearney . Retrieved 2018-11-06.
- ↑ Hare, Peter. "Awards". Bank Street College of Education. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
- ↑ "Twenty and Ten (1952) – A Beastiary of Books". beastiaryofbooks.sites.ucsc.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
