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Summary Of The Book Of Life By Christina Applegate
A bus full of children arrives at a museum. They're a rowdy bunch that frighten the guards. A young woman named Mary Beth (voice by Christina Applegate) comes out and gets the kids to follow her as she tells them about the famous legends and myths of Mexican folklore. She leads them to the Book of Life which holds the story of how the ways of their world were shaped. She opens a box of dolls that represent the characters of the
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