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- ↑ "Stories Addressed to the Adolescent Girl". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2 December 1933. p. 15. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ↑ Currie, George (12 November 1933). "A Few Samples of Books Written for the Children's Hour". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. p. 16 BC. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ↑ The Newbery Companion by John Thomas Gillespie and Corinne J. Naden, Libraries Unlimited, 2001 p. 68
- ↑ "Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922-Present". American Library Association . Retrieved 2009-12-30.
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