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- ↑ MacPherson, Karen (January 21, 1998). "Hurd's zany, colorful children's books zoom to prominence". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2010-03-07.
- ↑ Leonard S. Marcus (1997). "Meet Clement Hurd". Enter the World of Margaret Wise Brown. HarperCollins Children's. Retrieved 2014-10-01. Apparently citing Marcus's book, Dear Genius, The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom.
- ↑ Hurd, Clement. "Remembering Margaret Wise Brown." Horn Book Magazine Vol 59(5). Oct 1983. 553 - 560. 558.
- ↑ Koehler-Pentacoff, Elizabeth (2003). The ABC's of Writing for Children. Quill Driver Books. p. 130. ISBN 9781884956287.
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