Monthly Archives: August 2009

Reading Rainbow is ending after 26 years. Listen to the NPR story to learn more, watch a clip, and to get the theme song stuck in your head.
You can still enjoy their site, for now.
And if you were watching in the ’80s, this might take you back. Run DMC!
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Do you need information about credit reports, leasing a vehicle, financing your education, avoiding foreclosures, insurance fraud, telemarketing and many other consumer-related topics?
The 2009 edition of the Consumer Action Handbook is now available for free by mail.
The Handbook is also online. You can search the web site and easily access and download all the information in the printed edition, plus keep up with the latest consumer news and product recalls.
The Consumer Action Handbook celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, and continues to provide excellent tips and advice for common consumer issues.
For additional consumer info, see the Library’s guide on this topic.
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Whether you say ‘Erb or Herb, do you know one leafy green from another?
Epicurious has a nice online guide to identification if you can’t tell Basil from Rosemary.
For help growing those herbs, visit our extensive gardening collection at the library. If you’re a successful grower (or shopper), there are some great cookbooks to choose from. Here are a few tasty tomes to get you started.

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