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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!
![The cactus league : a novel]( "The cactus league : a novel")
![Heart and soul]( "Heart and soul")
![The vulnerables : a novel]( "The vulnerables : a novel")
![When Christmas comes : a Yuletide mystery]( "When Christmas comes : a Yuletide mystery")
![A good life]( "A good life")
![You are here : a novel]( "You are here : a novel")
![All the days of summer : a novel]( "All the days of summer : a novel")
![Christmas shopaholic : a novel]( "Christmas shopaholic : a novel")
![Honeysuckle summer]( "Honeysuckle summer")
![Sandwich : a novel]( "Sandwich : a novel")
![The full cupboard of life]( "The full cupboard of life")
![Meet me in the future : stories]( "Meet me in the future : stories")
![Delphine Jones takes a chance]( "Delphine Jones takes a chance")
![The Phoenix ballroom : a novel]( "The Phoenix ballroom : a novel")
![The waves take you home : a novel]( "The waves take you home : a novel")
![The most wonderful time : a novel]( "The most wonderful time : a novel")
![Nobody's magic]( "Nobody's magic")
![Gathering dark]( "Gathering dark")
![Appleseed : a novel]( "Appleseed : a novel")
![The Peacock Emporium]( "The Peacock Emporium")
![The body farm : stories]( "The body farm : stories")
![The revivalists : a novel]( "The revivalists : a novel")
![The girl they left behind : a novel]( "The girl they left behind : a novel")
![To each this world]( "To each this world")
![Sensor]( "Sensor")
![Keep saying their names]( "Keep saying their names")
![The champagne letters : a novel]( "The champagne letters : a novel")
![A million things]( "A million things")
![Doomsday clock]( "Doomsday clock")
![This shining life : a novel]( "This shining life : a novel")
Share the love of poetry with your littles.
![The book of not entirely useful advice]( "The book of not entirely useful advice")
![Bright brown baby : a treasury]( "Bright brown baby : a treasury")
![A forest song]( "A forest song")
![Julie Andrews' treasury for all seasons : poems and songs to celebrate the year]( "Julie Andrews' treasury for all seasons : poems and songs to celebrate the year")
![I've lost my hippopotamus]( "I've lost my hippopotamus")
![Haiku ew! : celebrating the disgusting side of nature]( "Haiku ew! : celebrating the disgusting side of nature")
![In and out the window]( "In and out the window")
![Dirty beasts]( "Dirty beasts")
![My magic wand : growing with the seasons]( "My magic wand : growing with the seasons")
![Thanksgiving Day at our house : Thanksgiving poems for the very young]( "Thanksgiving Day at our house : Thanksgiving poems for the very young")
![On the move : home is where you find it]( "On the move : home is where you find it")
![Dreams from many rivers : a Hispanic history of the United States told in poems]( "Dreams from many rivers : a Hispanic history of the United States told in poems")
![The spider and the fly]( "The spider and the fly")
![We, the curious ones]( "We, the curious ones")
![In daddy's arms I am tall : African Americans celebrating fathers]( "In daddy's arms I am tall : African Americans celebrating fathers")
![At the poles]( "At the poles")
![The smell of wet dog : and other dog poems and drawings]( "The smell of wet dog : and other dog poems and drawings")
![Outside the box]( "Outside the box")
![Spinster Goose : twisted rhymes for naughty children]( "Spinster Goose : twisted rhymes for naughty children")
![Wait -- and see]( "Wait -- and see")
![Wild in the streets]( "Wild in the streets")
![Trees]( "Trees")
![Remember]( "Remember")
![Queer and fearless : poems celebrating the lives of LGBTQ+ heroes]( "Queer and fearless : poems celebrating the lives of LGBTQ+ heroes")
![A bunch of punctuation]( "A bunch of punctuation")
![Joyful noise : poems for two voices]( "Joyful noise : poems for two voices")
![Every month is a new year : celebrations around the world]( "Every month is a new year : celebrations around the world")
!['Twas the night before Christmas]( "'Twas the night before Christmas")
![Where the sidewalk ends : the poems & drawings of Shel Silverstein.]( "Where the sidewalk ends : the poems & drawings of Shel Silverstein.")
![Niños : poems for the lost children of Chile]( "Niños : poems for the lost children of Chile")
Love thy mother
![Renewable and alternative energy]( "Renewable and alternative energy")
![Inconspicuous consumption : the environmental impact you don't know you have]( "Inconspicuous consumption : the environmental impact you don't know you have")
![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!")
![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")
![Category five : superstorms and the warming oceans that feed them]( "Category five : superstorms and the warming oceans that feed them")
![The control of nature]( "The control of nature")
![Stuck : how the privileged and the propertied broke the engine of American opportunity]( "Stuck : how the privileged and the propertied broke the engine of American opportunity")
![A future we can love : how we can reverse the climate crisis with the power of our hearts & minds]( "A future we can love : how we can reverse the climate crisis with the power of our hearts & minds")
![Slow burn : the hidden costs of a warming world]( "Slow burn : the hidden costs of a warming world")
![The book of hope : a survival guide for trying times]( "The book of hope : a survival guide for trying times")
![The poisoned city : Flint's water and the American urban tragedy]( "The poisoned city : Flint's water and the American urban tragedy")
![How to avoid a climate disaster : the solutions we have and the breakthroughs we need]( "How to avoid a climate disaster : the solutions we have and the breakthroughs we need")
![The grid : the fraying wires between Americans and our energy future]( "The grid : the fraying wires between Americans and our energy future")
![The fragile earth : writing from the New Yorker on climate change]( "The fragile earth : writing from the New Yorker on climate change")
![Climate champions : 15 women fighting for your future]( "Climate champions : 15 women fighting for your future")
![Solvable : how we healed the Earth, and how we can do it again]( "Solvable : how we healed the Earth, and how we can do it again")
![The climate action handbook : a visual guide to 100 climate solutions for everyone]( "The climate action handbook : a visual guide to 100 climate solutions for everyone")
![Fossil future : why global human flourishing requires more oil, coal, and natural gas--not less]( "Fossil future : why global human flourishing requires more oil, coal, and natural gas--not less")
![The great displacement : climate change and the next American migration]( "The great displacement : climate change and the next American migration")
![Billionaire wilderness : the ultra-wealthy and the remaking of the American West]( "Billionaire wilderness : the ultra-wealthy and the remaking of the American West")
![H is for hope : climate change from A to Z]( "H is for hope : climate change from A to Z")
![Are we screwed? : how a new generation is fighting to survive climate change]( "Are we screwed? : how a new generation is fighting to survive climate change")
![California burning : the fall of Pacific Gas and Electric--and what it means for America's power grid]( "California burning : the fall of Pacific Gas and Electric--and what it means for America's power grid")
![A language older than words]( "A language older than words")
![The great pivot : creating meaningful work to build a sustainable future]( "The great pivot : creating meaningful work to build a sustainable future")
![Wildland sentinel : field notes from an Iowa conservation officer]( "Wildland sentinel : field notes from an Iowa conservation officer")
![Looking for the hidden folk : how Iceland's elves can save the earth]( "Looking for the hidden folk : how Iceland's elves can save the earth")
![An inconvenient apocalypse : environmental collapse, climate crisis, and the fate of humanity]( "An inconvenient apocalypse : environmental collapse, climate crisis, and the fate of humanity")
![The three ages of water : prehistoric past, imperiled present, and a hope for the future]( "The three ages of water : prehistoric past, imperiled present, and a hope for the future")
![To be a water protector : the rise of the Wiindigoo slayers]( "To be a water protector : the rise of the Wiindigoo slayers")
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