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- ↑ "Who We Are". Little Airplane Productions. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
- ↑ "The Creators". 3rd & Bird. BBC Worldwide. 2008. Archived from the original on December 21, 2009. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
- ↑ Levy, David B. (2006). Your career in animation: how to survive and thrive. Allworth Communications. p. 84. ISBN 978-1-58115-445-0.
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- ↑ "Jennifer Oxley". Simon & Schuster. Archived from the original on April 15, 2009. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
