Mona
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Mona is a stuffed spider monkey who was made in China and shipped to Costa Rica, packed in a cardboard box along with other stuffed toys. Some of the other stuffed toys in the shipping box talked about a wonderful place to live called San Diego, California, and Mona eventually landed there in the carry-on luggage of Cindy.
In San Diego, Mona gets adopted by Mike and Cindy. Together, the family travels across the United States of America and experiences...
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One beautiful summer day, Mona a Spider Monkey got the bug to go to Canada, so she bought a plane ticket and on she hopped. In Canada she meets Mr. Buttons, the Scarecrow, who tells her about a secret treasure map that has something special hidden. Mona knew she needed to visit all the sites on the map to find what the map was trying to tell her.
This book is a tale of all the places Mona visits and ventures along cities like Visalia, Sacramento,...
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Mona is a spider monkey, born (or made) in China and was shipped to Costa Rica. She jumped into Cindy's carry-on luggage in the Costa Rica airport just so she could move to San Diego, California. There, the weather was always nice - so she heard from the other stuffed animals in the gift shop.
One night, Mona looked out her bedroom window and saw a light in the distant trees. Mona needed to see what the light was, but she was not allowed to go to...
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