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- ↑ Cartlidge, Michelle (1978). Pippin and Pod (1st American ed.). New York: Pantheon Books. ISBN 0394838459.
- ↑ "WorldCat Identities - Cartlidge, Michelle".
- ↑ "IMDB - Teddy Trucks (TV series 1994)". IMDb .
- ↑ "BFI - Film & TV Database - TEDDY TRUCKS". Archived from the original on 24 December 2012.
- ↑ "Signed Stories". Archived from the original on 18 February 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ↑ Cartlidge, Michelle (2006). Mouse ballet. London: Campbell Books. ISBN 1405089032.
- ↑ Cartlidge, Michelle (2004). The Cornish cats who went to sea. Bradfield: Happy Cat. ISBN 1903285925.
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- ↑ Cartlidge, text by Brian Patten; illustrated by Michelle (1998). Mouse poems. London: Scholastic. ISBN 0590199668.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Cartlidge, text by Brian Patten, illustrations by Michelle (2000). A year of mouse poems. London: Scholastic. ISBN 0590114093.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Margaret - Wedgwood Specialist". Archived from the original on 20 April 2013.
- ↑ "Katrin Cartlidge Foundation". Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2012.