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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!
![I was told it would get easier]( "I was told it would get easier")
![The Peacock Emporium]( "The Peacock Emporium")
![American dirt]( "American dirt")
![After the end]( "After the end")
![The help]( "The help")
![A million aunties : a novel]( "A million aunties : a novel")
![Sandwich : a novel]( "Sandwich : a novel")
![The memory librarian : and other stories of dirty computer]( "The memory librarian : and other stories of dirty computer")
![Clock dance]( "Clock dance")
![A pocketful of crows]( "A pocketful of crows")
![The summer we started over : a novel]( "The summer we started over : a novel")
![Gathering dark]( "Gathering dark")
![Joe Nuthin's guide to life]( "Joe Nuthin's guide to life")
![Sabrina & Corina : stories]( "Sabrina & Corina : stories")
![Mrs. Porter calling : a novel]( "Mrs. Porter calling : a novel")
![The summer we started over : a novel]( "The summer we started over : a novel")
![The help]( "The help")
![Mockingbird summer : a novel]( "Mockingbird summer : a novel")
![The fortunes of jaded women : a novel]( "The fortunes of jaded women : a novel")
![Five little Indians]( "Five little Indians")
![Velorio : a novel]( "Velorio : a novel")
![Paul takes the form of a mortal girl : a novel]( "Paul takes the form of a mortal girl : a novel")
![Nineteen steps : a novel]( "Nineteen steps : a novel")
![One Christmas morning : a novel]( "One Christmas morning : a novel")
![The suite spot]( "The suite spot")
![Doomsday clock]( "Doomsday clock")
![Before I saw you]( "Before I saw you")
![The Rosie result]( "The Rosie result")
![Probably Ruby : a novel]( "Probably Ruby : a novel")
![The book of magic]( "The book of magic")
Share the love of poetry with your littles.
![Home]( "Home")
![The illustrated Edgar Allan Poe : 25 essential poems]( "The illustrated Edgar Allan Poe : 25 essential poems")
![Who named their pony Macaroni? : poems about White House pets]( "Who named their pony Macaroni? : poems about White House pets")
![Candy corn]( "Candy corn")
![The hunting of the snark]( "The hunting of the snark")
![My dog may be a genius : poems]( "My dog may be a genius : poems")
![Sol a sol : bilingual poems]( "Sol a sol : bilingual poems")
![Breathe and be : a book of mindfulness poems]( "Breathe and be : a book of mindfulness poems")
![We are branches]( "We are branches")
![Pug and other animal poems]( "Pug and other animal poems")
![A first book of the sea]( "A first book of the sea")
![Haiku ew! : celebrating the disgusting side of nature]( "Haiku ew! : celebrating the disgusting side of nature")
![C'était la veille de Noël]( "C'était la veille de Noël")
![Woke : a young poet's call to justice]( "Woke : a young poet's call to justice")
![America the beautiful]( "America the beautiful")
![School people]( "School people")
![Mama : a world of mothers and motherhood]( "Mama : a world of mothers and motherhood")
![Out of this world : poems and facts about space]( "Out of this world : poems and facts about space")
![Clackety track : poems about trains]( "Clackety track : poems about trains")
![The Maine coon's haiku : and other poems for cat lovers]( "The Maine coon's haiku : and other poems for cat lovers")
![In and out the window]( "In and out the window")
![One wave at a time : a story about grief and healing]( "One wave at a time : a story about grief and healing")
![Poetry speaks to children]( "Poetry speaks to children")
![Missile toe : a very confused Christmas]( "Missile toe : a very confused Christmas")
![Round and round the year we go]( "Round and round the year we go")
![Spinster Goose : twisted rhymes for naughty children]( "Spinster Goose : twisted rhymes for naughty children")
![The popcorn astronauts : and other biteable rhymes]( "The popcorn astronauts : and other biteable rhymes")
![Frankenstein makes a sandwich : and other stories you're sure to like, because they're all about monsters, and some of them are also about food...]( "Frankenstein makes a sandwich : and other stories you're sure to like, because they're all about monsters, and some of them are also about food...")
![I've lost my hippopotamus]( "I've lost my hippopotamus")
Love thy mother
![Urgent message from a hot planet : navigating the climate crisis]( "Urgent message from a hot planet : navigating the climate crisis")
![The heat will kill you first : life and death on a scorched planet]( "The heat will kill you first : life and death on a scorched planet")
![Living in the anthropocene : Earth in the age of humans]( "Living in the anthropocene : Earth in the age of humans")
![The politics of climate]( "The politics of climate")
![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")
![Drawdown : the most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming]( "Drawdown : the most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming")
![Whole earth discipline : an ecopragmatist manifesto]( "Whole earth discipline : an ecopragmatist manifesto")
![Don't even think about it : why our brains are wired to ignore climate change]( "Don't even think about it : why our brains are wired to ignore climate change")
![Poisoned water : how the citizens of Flint, Michigan, fought for their lives and warned the nation]( "Poisoned water : how the citizens of Flint, Michigan, fought for their lives and warned the nation")
![F**k plastic : 101 ways to free yourself from plastic and save the world]( "F**k plastic : 101 ways to free yourself from plastic and save the world")
![Speed & scale : an action plan for solving our climate crisis now]( "Speed & scale : an action plan for solving our climate crisis now")
![Storming the wall : climate change, migration, and homeland security]( "Storming the wall : climate change, migration, and homeland security")
![Key to the city : how zoning shapes our world]( "Key to the city : how zoning shapes our world")
![Confessions of a recovering environmentalist and other essays]( "Confessions of a recovering environmentalist and other essays")
![The ends of the world : volcanic apocalypses, lethal oceans, and our quest to understand Earth's past mass extinctions]( "The ends of the world : volcanic apocalypses, lethal oceans, and our quest to understand Earth's past mass extinctions")
![Our earth, our species, our selves : how to thrive while creating a sustainable world]( "Our earth, our species, our selves : how to thrive while creating a sustainable world")
![Regeneration : ending the climate crisis in one generation]( "Regeneration : ending the climate crisis in one generation")
![Islands of abandonment : nature rebounding in the post-human landscape]( "Islands of abandonment : nature rebounding in the post-human landscape")
![This land : how cowboys, capitalism, and corruption are ruining the American West]( "This land : how cowboys, capitalism, and corruption are ruining the American West")
![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")
![Gone tomorrow : the hidden life of garbage]( "Gone tomorrow : the hidden life of garbage")
![Gold, oil, and avocados : a recent history of Latin America in sixteen commodities]( "Gold, oil, and avocados : a recent history of Latin America in sixteen commodities")
![The story of CO2 : big ideas for a small molecule]( "The story of CO2 : big ideas for a small molecule")
![No one is too small to make a difference]( "No one is too small to make a difference")
![Plastic-free : how I kicked the plastic habit and how you can too]( "Plastic-free : how I kicked the plastic habit and how you can too")
![Black earth wisdom : soulful conversations with Black environmentalists]( "Black earth wisdom : soulful conversations with Black environmentalists")
![Superman's not coming : our national water crisis and what we the people can do about it]( "Superman's not coming : our national water crisis and what we the people can do about it")
![Global warming 101]( "Global warming 101")
![Green illusions : the dirty secrets of clean energy and the future of environmentalism]( "Green illusions : the dirty secrets of clean energy and the future of environmentalism")
![Is science enough? : forty critical questions about climate justice]( "Is science enough? : forty critical questions about climate justice")
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