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- ↑ Slovenia's Best for Young Readers by the Slovenian Book Agency Archived 2013-02-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Cankar Hall web archive
- ↑ Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site Archived 2012-05-19 at the Wayback Machine
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