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- ↑ "hey, Look, It's Lisa Yee". Author's Official website. Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
- ↑ "Thurber House — Children's Writer-in-Residence — Literary Center and James Thurber Museum". Thurber House. Archived from the original on 2018-02-28. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
