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exchange rates adopted are varied. 8.5 = US$1 is common there.

Another new title of Laura numeroff who wrote "If you give a mouse a cookie" series:



[size=small]Beatrice Doesn't Want To

this cute book about a dog who follows her brother to the library, but doesn't like to read. Henry drags his clearly unhappy sister, Beatrice to the library, where he needs to finish a paper. Beatrice refuses Henry's suggestion to read; instead, she just wants to watch him work, and she pours herself and her saccharine smile all over the increasingly frustrated Henry. Beatrice follows Henry for three straight days, until Henry has had enough. The reader may have had enough of Beatrice as well, for the humor of her unvarying, cloying smile is stale after awhile.

On the third day, Henry sees a library poster announcing a book reading that afternoon. Henry encourages his sister to attend, but Beatrice says, "I don't want to." Henry comes back with, "Too bad!" While waiting for the reading to begin, a dog introduces herself to Beatrice: "'Hello. My name is Wanda,' said the girl in the next chair. `This is the second time I've heard this story.'" "'Big deal!'" said Beatrice.

However (surprise, surprise), the book reading is a big hit. The librarian reads about Albert Mouse and his new roller skates, and Beatrice, who likes to roller skate, begins to show interest and even smile. Like Albert, she had once roller-skated in the house, and she listens and laughs and even looks over the book after the reading. When Henry comes to take her home, she replies, "I don't want to," hugging the book with her eyes closed dreamily and a big smile on her face.