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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!
![All the days of summer : a novel]( "All the days of summer : a novel")
![American dirt]( "American dirt")
![Morningside heights]( "Morningside heights")
![Must love books : a novel]( "Must love books : a novel")
![By the book : a meant to be novel]( "By the book : a meant to be novel")
![The heartbeat library]( "The heartbeat library")
![Honeysuckle summer]( "Honeysuckle summer")
![One good thing]( "One good thing")
![All the glimmering stars : a novel]( "All the glimmering stars : a novel")
![Just haven't met you yet]( "Just haven't met you yet")
![A kind of freedom : a novel]( "A kind of freedom : a novel")
![The secret to happiness]( "The secret to happiness")
![Ardent Violet and the infinite eye]( "Ardent Violet and the infinite eye")
![The vulnerables : a novel]( "The vulnerables : a novel")
![A man called Ove : a novel]( "A man called Ove : a novel")
![The Phoenix ballroom : a novel]( "The Phoenix ballroom : a novel")
![The fall of Koli]( "The fall of Koli")
![The inheritance]( "The inheritance")
![One Christmas morning : a novel]( "One Christmas morning : a novel")
![The first bright thing]( "The first bright thing")
![Sabrina & Corina : stories]( "Sabrina & Corina : stories")
![The last white man]( "The last white man")
![Heart and soul]( "Heart and soul")
![Beautiful : a novel]( "Beautiful : a novel")
![A million aunties : a novel]( "A million aunties : a novel")
![The promise]( "The promise")
![Lucy on the wild side]( "Lucy on the wild side")
![Love and lotus blossoms]( "Love and lotus blossoms")
![Nobody's empire : a novel]( "Nobody's empire : a novel")
![Five little Indians]( "Five little Indians")
Share the love of poetry with your littles.
![The popcorn astronauts : and other biteable rhymes]( "The popcorn astronauts : and other biteable rhymes")
![No more poems! : a book in verse that just gets worse]( "No more poems! : a book in verse that just gets worse")
![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")
![Where the sidewalk ends : the poems & drawings of Shel Silverstein.]( "Where the sidewalk ends : the poems & drawings of Shel Silverstein.")
![Woke : a young poet's call to justice]( "Woke : a young poet's call to justice")
![Book of questions : selections = Libro de las preguntas : selecciones]( "Book of questions : selections = Libro de las preguntas : selecciones")
![Just like me]( "Just like me")
![Dark emperor & other poems of the night]( "Dark emperor & other poems of the night")
![We are all in the dumps with Jack and Guy : two nursery rhymes with pictures]( "We are all in the dumps with Jack and Guy : two nursery rhymes with pictures")
![Crescendo]( "Crescendo")
![Frankenstein takes the cake]( "Frankenstein takes the cake")
![Beastly rhymes to read after dark]( "Beastly rhymes to read after dark")
![What cats think]( "What cats think")
![Zoobilations! : animal poems and paintings]( "Zoobilations! : animal poems and paintings")
![La Madre Goose : nursery rhymes for los niños]( "La Madre Goose : nursery rhymes for los niños")
![Stopping by woods on a snowy evening]( "Stopping by woods on a snowy evening")
![Read to your baby every night : 30 classic lullabies and rhymes to read aloud]( "Read to your baby every night : 30 classic lullabies and rhymes to read aloud")
![Mother Goose goes to India]( "Mother Goose goes to India")
![It's Valentine's Day]( "It's Valentine's Day")
![Round and round the year we go]( "Round and round the year we go")
![When we were very young]( "When we were very young")
![The Maine coon's haiku : and other poems for cat lovers]( "The Maine coon's haiku : and other poems for cat lovers")
![My grandma is the best!]( "My grandma is the best!")
![A joyful Christmas : a treasury of new and classic songs, poems, and stories for the holiday]( "A joyful Christmas : a treasury of new and classic songs, poems, and stories for the holiday")
![Just like me]( "Just like me")
![The spider and the fly]( "The spider and the fly")
![Tres poemas mágicos]( "Tres poemas mágicos")
![My Mother Goose : a collection of favorite rhymes, songs, and concepts]( "My Mother Goose : a collection of favorite rhymes, songs, and concepts")
![Something big has been here]( "Something big has been here")
![The undefeated]( "The undefeated")
Love thy mother
![Advocate : a graphic memoir of family, community, and the fight for environmental justice]( "Advocate : a graphic memoir of family, community, and the fight for environmental justice")
![The sustainability class : how to take back our future from lifestyle environmentalists]( "The sustainability class : how to take back our future from lifestyle environmentalists")
![Under the sky we make : how to be human in a warming world]( "Under the sky we make : how to be human in a warming world")
![A road running southward : following John Muir's journey through an endangered land]( "A road running southward : following John Muir's journey through an endangered land")
![Free the land : how we can fight poverty and climate chaos]( "Free the land : how we can fight poverty and climate chaos")
![The carbon footprint of everything]( "The carbon footprint of everything")
![Treading on thin air : atmospheric physics, forensic meteorology, and climate change : how weather shapes our everyday lives]( "Treading on thin air : atmospheric physics, forensic meteorology, and climate change : how weather shapes our everyday lives")
![Ill nature : rants and reflections on humanity and other animals]( "Ill nature : rants and reflections on humanity and other animals")
![Pesticides and GMOs]( "Pesticides and GMOs")
![Climate church, climate world : how people of faith must work for change]( "Climate church, climate world : how people of faith must work for change")
![Hothouse Earth : an inhabitant's guide]( "Hothouse Earth : an inhabitant's guide")
![Climate : a new story]( "Climate : a new story")
![The golden spruce : a true story of myth, madness, and greed]( "The golden spruce : a true story of myth, madness, and greed")
![The future of conservation in America : a chart for rough water]( "The future of conservation in America : a chart for rough water")
![The wizard and the prophet : two remarkable scientists and their dueling visions to shape tomorrow's world]( "The wizard and the prophet : two remarkable scientists and their dueling visions to shape tomorrow's 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")
![Drawdown : the most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming]( "Drawdown : the most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming")
![A fire runs through all things : Zen koans for facing the climate crisis]( "A fire runs through all things : Zen koans for facing the climate crisis")
![Falter : has the human game begun to play itself out?]( "Falter : has the human game begun to play itself out?")
![Plastic ocean : how a sea captain's chance discovery launched a determined quest to save the oceans]( "Plastic ocean : how a sea captain's chance discovery launched a determined quest to save the oceans")
![At home on an unruly planet : finding refuge on a changed Earth]( "At home on an unruly planet : finding refuge on a changed Earth")
![We are the middle of forever : Indigenous voices from Turtle Island on the changing Earth]( "We are the middle of forever : Indigenous voices from Turtle Island on the changing Earth")
![On the move : the overheating earth and the uprooting of America]( "On the move : the overheating earth and the uprooting of America")
![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")
![The great derangement : climate change and the unthinkable]( "The great derangement : climate change and the unthinkable")
![After lockdown : a metamorphosis]( "After lockdown : a metamorphosis")
![The poisoned city : Flint's water and the American urban tragedy]( "The poisoned city : Flint's water and the American urban tragedy")
![Climate of hope : how cities, businesses, and citizens can save the planet]( "Climate of hope : how cities, businesses, and citizens can save the planet")
![Countdown : our last, best hope for a future on Earth?]( "Countdown : our last, best hope for a future on Earth?")
![The world without us]( "The world without us")
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I’ve been a little stuck on “Dream State” since I’ve finished it. I have a range of feelings and lots of unanswered questions—about the book, the characters, the sequence of events, and about myself. It is one of those books that makes you self-examine your past and think more about the future. What is in our control and what is out of it? What do our relationships mean to us and what do we mean to others? “Dream State” is a heavy-lift of a novel, but if you want a book to stay with you, this one sure will for me. -Anne M