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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 lonely hearts book club]( "The lonely hearts book club")
![One Christmas morning : a novel]( "One Christmas morning : a novel")
![Honeysuckle summer]( "Honeysuckle summer")
![Meredith, alone]( "Meredith, alone")
![The lies of the Ajungo]( "The lies of the Ajungo")
![Twelve hours in Manhattan : a novel]( "Twelve hours in Manhattan : a novel")
![The endless beach : a novel]( "The endless beach : a novel")
![One last summer]( "One last summer")
![The most wonderful time : a novel]( "The most wonderful time : a novel")
![The inheritance]( "The inheritance")
![All the glimmering stars : a novel]( "All the glimmering stars : a novel")
![The seaside sisters]( "The seaside sisters")
![A quiet life : a novel]( "A quiet life : a novel")
![Faithful]( "Faithful")
![The people we keep]( "The people we keep")
![The favor : a novel]( "The favor : a novel")
![Verge : stories]( "Verge : stories")
![American dirt]( "American dirt")
![All the days of summer : a novel]( "All the days of summer : a novel")
![This shining life : a novel]( "This shining life : a novel")
![The promise]( "The promise")
![I almost forgot about you : a novel]( "I almost forgot about you : a novel")
![Love, Holly : a novel]( "Love, Holly : a novel")
![Deep dish]( "Deep dish")
![After the end]( "After the end")
![American dirt]( "American dirt")
![Exordia]( "Exordia")
![A psalm for the wild-built]( "A psalm for the wild-built")
![If the fates allow : an LGBTQ holiday anthology]( "If the fates allow : an LGBTQ holiday anthology")
![The happiness plan]( "The happiness plan")
Share the love of poetry with your littles.
![The Maine coon's haiku : and other poems for cat lovers]( "The Maine coon's haiku : and other poems for cat lovers")
![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")
![No more poems! : a book in verse that just gets worse]( "No more poems! : a book in verse that just gets worse")
![The museum on the moon : the curious objects on the lunar surface]( "The museum on the moon : the curious objects on the lunar surface")
![The popcorn astronauts : and other biteable rhymes]( "The popcorn astronauts : and other biteable rhymes")
![Only pieces]( "Only pieces")
![Remember]( "Remember")
![Hidden city : poems of urban wildlife]( "Hidden city : poems of urban wildlife")
![Falling up : poems and drawings]( "Falling up : poems and drawings")
![The real Dada Mother Goose : a treasury of complete nonsense]( "The real Dada Mother Goose : a treasury of complete nonsense")
![Akiane : her life, her art, her poetry]( "Akiane : her life, her art, her poetry")
![The undefeated]( "The undefeated")
![Home run, touchdown, basket, goal! : sports poems for little athletes]( "Home run, touchdown, basket, goal! : sports poems for little athletes")
![Over the hills and far away : a treasury of nursery rhymes]( "Over the hills and far away : a treasury of nursery rhymes")
!['Twas the night before Christmas]( "'Twas the night before Christmas")
![Shout! : little poems that roar]( "Shout! : little poems that roar")
![The home we make]( "The home we make")
![Clackety track : poems about trains]( "Clackety track : poems about trains")
![Cautionary tales for children]( "Cautionary tales for children")
![Tyrannosaurus was a beast : dinosaur poems]( "Tyrannosaurus was a beast : dinosaur poems")
![Yellow elephant : a bright bestiary]( "Yellow elephant : a bright bestiary")
![Animal poems]( "Animal poems")
![Welcome to Wild Town]( "Welcome to Wild Town")
![Nursery rhyme comics : [50 timeless rhymes from 50 celebrated cartoonists]( "Nursery rhyme comics : [50 timeless rhymes from 50 celebrated cartoonists")
![It's raining pigs & noodles : poems]( "It's raining pigs & noodles : poems")
![Bookjoy, wordjoy]( "Bookjoy, wordjoy")
![Mirror mirror : a book of reversible verse]( "Mirror mirror : a book of reversible verse")
![Thanksgiving Day at our house : Thanksgiving poems for the very young]( "Thanksgiving Day at our house : Thanksgiving poems for the very young")
![Where the sidewalk ends : the poems & drawings of Shel Silverstein.]( "Where the sidewalk ends : the poems & drawings of Shel Silverstein.")
![In praise of mystery]( "In praise of mystery")
Love thy mother
![Climate champions : 15 women fighting for your future]( "Climate champions : 15 women fighting for your future")
![Making peace with the earth]( "Making peace with the earth")
![The future Earth : a radical vision for what's possible in the age of warming]( "The future Earth : a radical vision for what's possible in the age of warming")
![Our house is on fire : scenes of a family and a planet in crisis]( "Our house is on fire : scenes of a family and a planet in crisis")
![A question of power : electricity and the wealth of nations]( "A question of power : electricity and the wealth of nations")
![Brave new Arctic : the untold story of the melting North]( "Brave new Arctic : the untold story of the melting North")
![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")
![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")
![Storming the wall : climate change, migration, and homeland security]( "Storming the wall : climate change, migration, and homeland security")
![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")
![The world as we knew it : dispatches from a changing climate]( "The world as we knew it : dispatches from a changing climate")
![Regeneration : ending the climate crisis in one generation]( "Regeneration : ending the climate crisis in one generation")
![Silent spring revolution : John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the great environmental awakening]( "Silent spring revolution : John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the great environmental awakening")
![Oil and honey : the education of an unlikely activist]( "Oil and honey : the education of an unlikely activist")
![Bright green lies : how the environmental movement lost its way and what we can do about it]( "Bright green lies : how the environmental movement lost its way and what we can do about it")
![The end of ice : bearing witness and finding meaning in the path of climate disruption]( "The end of ice : bearing witness and finding meaning in the path of climate disruption")
![To govern the globe : world orders and catastrophic change]( "To govern the globe : world orders and catastrophic change")
![Before it's gone : stories from the front lines of climate change in small-town America]( "Before it's gone : stories from the front lines of climate change in small-town America")
![Active hope : how to face the mess we're in with unexpected resilience and creative power]( "Active hope : how to face the mess we're in with unexpected resilience and creative power")
![1,001 voices on climate change : everyday stories of flood, fire, drought and displacement from around the world]( "1,001 voices on climate change : everyday stories of flood, fire, drought and displacement from around the world")
![Crossings : how road ecology is shaping the future of our planet]( "Crossings : how road ecology is shaping the future of our planet")
![Pesticides and GMOs]( "Pesticides and GMOs")
![On the move : the overheating earth and the uprooting of America]( "On the move : the overheating earth and the uprooting of America")
![Thank you for being late : an optimist's guide to thriving in the age of accelerations]( "Thank you for being late : an optimist's guide to thriving in the age of accelerations")
![After lockdown : a metamorphosis]( "After lockdown : a metamorphosis")
![The big thaw : ancient carbon, modern science, and a race to save the world]( "The big thaw : ancient carbon, modern science, and a race to save the world")
![Saving us : a climate scientist's case for hope and healing in a divided world]( "Saving us : a climate scientist's case for hope and healing in a divided world")
![Overheated : how capitalism broke the planet--and how we fight back]( "Overheated : how capitalism broke the planet--and how we fight back")
![The truth about energy, global warming, and climate change : exposing climate lies in an age of disinformation]( "The truth about energy, global warming, and climate change : exposing climate lies in an age of disinformation")
![The Earth transformed : an untold history]( "The Earth transformed : an untold history")
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