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Referencing in APA style

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Textbooks

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The big picture by Karen Kearns
ISBN: 9781486001989
Publication Date: 2014
Birth to big school by Karen Kearns
ISBN: 9781486001507
Publication Date: 2014
The business of childcare by Karen Kearns
ISBN: 9780733986086
Publication Date: 2007
The early childhood educator for Certificate III by Lorraine Walker, Shelagh Miller
ISBN: 9781743077436
Publication Date: 2013
The early childhood educator for diploma by Lorraine Walker, Shelagh Miller, Sonja Tansey
ISBN: 9781743078235
Publication Date: 2014
Frameworks for learning and development by Karen Kearns
ISBN: 9781486002047
Publication Date: 2014

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