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The ICPL Friends Foundation celebrates the library's Bright Future on April 11. Enjoy one of these hopeful novels this month!
![American dirt]( "American dirt")
![Faithful]( "Faithful")
![Life after : a novel]( "Life after : a novel")
![Tin camp road]( "Tin camp road")
![August Kitko and the mechas from space]( "August Kitko and the mechas from space")
![Dinosaurs : a novel]( "Dinosaurs : a novel")
![The family you make : a novel]( "The family you make : a novel")
![Love, Holly : a novel]( "Love, Holly : a novel")
![Guy's girl]( "Guy's girl")
![Verge : stories]( "Verge : stories")
![The full cupboard of life]( "The full cupboard of life")
![Honeysuckle summer]( "Honeysuckle summer")
![The boatbuilder]( "The boatbuilder")
![Beautiful : a novel]( "Beautiful : a novel")
![The endless beach : a novel]( "The endless beach : a novel")
![The most wonderful time : a novel]( "The most wonderful time : a novel")
![The trials of Koli]( "The trials of Koli")
![Loved and missed]( "Loved and missed")
![The story of a brief marriage]( "The story of a brief marriage")
![Fight no more : stories]( "Fight no more : stories")
![Nineteen steps : a novel]( "Nineteen steps : a novel")
![Starlight on Willow Lake]( "Starlight on Willow Lake")
![Star mother : a novel]( "Star mother : a novel")
![The suite spot]( "The suite spot")
![First cosmic velocity]( "First cosmic velocity")
![The champagne letters : a novel]( "The champagne letters : a novel")
![The first bright thing]( "The first bright thing")
![After the fire]( "After the fire")
![Jollof Rice and other revolutions : a novel in interlocking stories]( "Jollof Rice and other revolutions : a novel in interlocking stories")
![The wife app]( "The wife app")
Share the love of poetry with your littles.
![Full of fall]( "Full of fall")
![Spinster Goose : twisted rhymes for naughty children]( "Spinster Goose : twisted rhymes for naughty children")
![And I paint it : Henriette Wyeth's world]( "And I paint it : Henriette Wyeth's world")
![Winter friends]( "Winter friends")
![Every month is a new year : celebrations around the world]( "Every month is a new year : celebrations around the world")
![Everybody's somewhere]( "Everybody's somewhere")
![Body music : poems about the noises your body makes]( "Body music : poems about the noises your body makes")
![Joyful noise : poems for two voices]( "Joyful noise : poems for two voices")
![Frankenstein takes the cake]( "Frankenstein takes the cake")
![One wave at a time : a story about grief and healing]( "One wave at a time : a story about grief and healing")
![Hope is the thing with feathers]( "Hope is the thing with feathers")
![A forest song]( "A forest song")
![Thunder underground]( "Thunder underground")
![Nana and me : special poems just for us]( "Nana and me : special poems just for us")
![The new kid on the block]( "The new kid on the block")
![It's raining pigs & noodles : poems]( "It's raining pigs & noodles : poems")
![Nursery rhyme comics : [50 timeless rhymes from 50 celebrated cartoonists]( "Nursery rhyme comics : [50 timeless rhymes from 50 celebrated cartoonists")
![Lemonade, and other poems squeezed from a single word]( "Lemonade, and other poems squeezed from a single word")
![The B on your thumb.]( "The B on your thumb.")
![The day the universe exploded my head : poems to take you into space and back again]( "The day the universe exploded my head : poems to take you into space and back again")
![Who named their pony Macaroni? : poems about White House pets]( "Who named their pony Macaroni? : poems about White House pets")
![The book of not entirely useful advice]( "The book of not entirely useful advice")
![Yum! ¡MmMm! ¡Qué rico! : Americas' sproutings]( "Yum! ¡MmMm! ¡Qué rico! : Americas' sproutings")
![The home we make]( "The home we make")
![Thanksgiving Day at our house : Thanksgiving poems for the very young]( "Thanksgiving Day at our house : Thanksgiving poems for the very young")
![The pumpkin seed's secret : a life cycle poem]( "The pumpkin seed's secret : a life cycle poem")
![Rumble in the jungle]( "Rumble in the jungle")
!['Twas the night before Christmas]( "'Twas the night before Christmas")
![Windrush child : the tale of a caribbean child who faced a new horizon]( "Windrush child : the tale of a caribbean child who faced a new horizon")
Love thy mother
![Islands of abandonment : nature rebounding in the post-human landscape]( "Islands of abandonment : nature rebounding in the post-human landscape")
![Black earth wisdom : soulful conversations with Black environmentalists]( "Black earth wisdom : soulful conversations with Black environmentalists")
![How to live in a chaotic climate : 10 steps to reconnect with ourselves, our communities, and our planet]( "How to live in a chaotic climate : 10 steps to reconnect with ourselves, our communities, and our planet")
![Oil and honey : the education of an unlikely activist]( "Oil and honey : the education of an unlikely activist")
![Don't be trashy : a practical guide to living with less waste and more joy]( "Don't be trashy : a practical guide to living with less waste and more joy")
![The path to a livable future : a new politics to fight climate change, racism, and the next pandemic]( "The path to a livable future : a new politics to fight climate change, racism, and the next pandemic")
![Making peace with the earth]( "Making peace with the earth")
![Five times faster : rethinking the science, economics, and diplomacy of climate change]( "Five times faster : rethinking the science, economics, and diplomacy of climate change")
![The treeline : the last forest and the future of life on earth]( "The treeline : the last forest and the future of life on earth")
![60 days to a greener life : ease eco-anxiety through joyful daily action]( "60 days to a greener life : ease eco-anxiety through joyful daily action")
![The oceans : a deep history]( "The oceans : a deep history")
![Behind the curve : science and the politics of global warming]( "Behind the curve : science and the politics of global warming")
![Planet under siege : climate change]( "Planet under siege : climate change")
![Hamlet]( "Hamlet")
![Fen, bog & swamp : a short history of peatland destruction and its role in the climate crisis]( "Fen, bog & swamp : a short history of peatland destruction and its role in the climate crisis")
![The drowning of money island : a forgotten community's fight against the rising seas threatening coastal America]( "The drowning of money island : a forgotten community's fight against the rising seas threatening coastal America")
![Atomic adventures : secret islands, forgotten n -rays, and isotopic murder--a journey into the wild world of nuclear science]( "Atomic adventures : secret islands, forgotten n -rays, and isotopic murder--a journey into the wild world of nuclear science")
![The water will come : rising seas, sinking cities, and the remaking of the civilized world]( "The water will come : rising seas, sinking cities, and the remaking of the civilized world")
![Wasteland : the secret world of waste and the urgent search for a cleaner future]( "Wasteland : the secret world of waste and the urgent search for a cleaner future")
![World without end : an illustrated guide to the climate crisis]( "World without end : an illustrated guide to the climate crisis")
![The petroleum papers : inside the far-right conspiracy to cover up climate change]( "The petroleum papers : inside the far-right conspiracy to cover up climate change")
![The intersectional environmentalist : how to dismantle systems of oppression to protect people + planet]( "The intersectional environmentalist : how to dismantle systems of oppression to protect people + planet")
![Arbitrary lines : how zoning broke the American city and how to fix it]( "Arbitrary lines : how zoning broke the American city and how to fix it")
![Solar revolution : the economic transformation of the global energy industry]( "Solar revolution : the economic transformation of the global energy industry")
![The conceivable future : planning families and taking action in the age of climate change]( "The conceivable future : planning families and taking action in the age of climate change")
![Drawdown : the most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming]( "Drawdown : the most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming")
![The power of crisis : how three threats--and our response--will change the world]( "The power of crisis : how three threats--and our response--will change the world")
![Reason in a dark time : why the struggle against climate change failed--and what it means for our future]( "Reason in a dark time : why the struggle against climate change failed--and what it means for our future")
![Plastic purge : how to use less plastic, eat better, keep toxins out of your body, and help save the sea turtles!]( "Plastic purge : how to use less plastic, eat better, keep toxins out of your body, and help save the sea turtles!")
![Spinning out : climate change, mental health and fighting for a better future]( "Spinning out : climate change, mental health and fighting for a better future")
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