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- ↑ Tiffin, Jessica (2009). Marvelous Geometry: Narrative and Metafiction in Modern Fairy Tale, pp. 38–39. Wayne State University Press
- ↑ Porton, Harriet D. (2013) Teaching the Standards: How to Blend Common Core State Standards into Secondary Instruction, pp. 13; 16; 27. R&L Education
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