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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!
![There's no such thing as an easy job]( "There's no such thing as an easy job")
![Heart and soul]( "Heart and soul")
![The vulnerables : a novel]( "The vulnerables : a novel")
![One Christmas morning : a novel]( "One Christmas morning : a novel")
![Painting beyond walls : a novel]( "Painting beyond walls : a novel")
![Faithful]( "Faithful")
![One last summer]( "One last summer")
![Morningside heights]( "Morningside heights")
![New York 2140]( "New York 2140")
![Suggested in the stars]( "Suggested in the stars")
![What you wish for]( "What you wish for")
![Camp zero : a novel]( "Camp zero : a novel")
![Lost and found]( "Lost and found")
![Beautiful : a novel]( "Beautiful : a novel")
![Beautiful : a novel]( "Beautiful : a novel")
![The book of magic]( "The book of magic")
![Between the sound and sea : a novel]( "Between the sound and sea : a novel")
![The summer we started over : a novel]( "The summer we started over : a novel")
![Dear Mrs. Bird : a novel]( "Dear Mrs. Bird : a novel")
![The stars are legion]( "The stars are legion")
![All the glimmering stars : a novel]( "All the glimmering stars : a novel")
![Christmas shopaholic : a novel]( "Christmas shopaholic : a novel")
![American dirt]( "American dirt")
![The invisible husband of Frick Island]( "The invisible husband of Frick Island")
![Sensor]( "Sensor")
![Unsettled ground]( "Unsettled ground")
![The people we keep]( "The people we keep")
![Welcome to the Pine Away Motel and Cabins : a novel]( "Welcome to the Pine Away Motel and Cabins : a novel")
![The cemetery of untold stories : a novel]( "The cemetery of untold stories : a novel")
![Clock dance]( "Clock dance")
Share the love of poetry with your littles.
![Miguel y su valiente caballero : el joven Cervantes sueña a don Quijote]( "Miguel y su valiente caballero : el joven Cervantes sueña a don Quijote")
![My magic wand : growing with the seasons]( "My magic wand : growing with the seasons")
![Shout! : little poems that roar]( "Shout! : little poems that roar")
![Breathe and be : a book of mindfulness poems]( "Breathe and be : a book of mindfulness poems")
![Wake up!]( "Wake up!")
![Old Elm speaks : tree poems]( "Old Elm speaks : tree poems")
![My own way : celebrating gender freedom for kids]( "My own way : celebrating gender freedom for kids")
![Poetree]( "Poetree")
![In praise of mystery]( "In praise of mystery")
![After the bell rings : poems about after-school time]( "After the bell rings : poems about after-school time")
![Almost nothing, yet everything : a book about water]( "Almost nothing, yet everything : a book about water")
![Here's a little poem : a very first book of poetry]( "Here's a little poem : a very first book of poetry")
![Every month is a new year : celebrations around the world]( "Every month is a new year : celebrations around the world")
![Hope is the thing with feathers]( "Hope is the thing with feathers")
![No voice too small : fourteen young Americans making history]( "No voice too small : fourteen young Americans making history")
![A visit to William Blake's inn : poems for innocent and experienced travelers]( "A visit to William Blake's inn : poems for innocent and experienced travelers")
![Hypnotize a tiger : poems about just about everything]( "Hypnotize a tiger : poems about just about everything")
![The women who caught the babies : a story of African American midwives]( "The women who caught the babies : a story of African American midwives")
![An egret's day]( "An egret's day")
![Nana and me : special poems just for us]( "Nana and me : special poems just for us")
![Take off your brave : the world through the eyes of a preschool poet]( "Take off your brave : the world through the eyes of a preschool poet")
![Outside your window : a first book of nature]( "Outside your window : a first book of nature")
![Roald Dahl's Revolting rhymes]( "Roald Dahl's Revolting rhymes")
![Japanese and English nursery rhymes : carp streamers, falling rain and other favorite songs and rhymes]( "Japanese and English nursery rhymes : carp streamers, falling rain and other favorite songs and rhymes")
![Hey, you! : poems to skyscrapers, mosquitoes, and other fun things]( "Hey, you! : poems to skyscrapers, mosquitoes, and other fun things")
![Bronzeville boys and girls]( "Bronzeville boys and girls")
![The nursery rhyme book]( "The nursery rhyme book")
![Vezhlivyĭ slon : stikhi]( "Vezhlivyĭ slon : stikhi")
![In daddy's arms I am tall : African Americans celebrating fathers]( "In daddy's arms I am tall : African Americans celebrating fathers")
![Mother Ghost : nursery rhymes for little monsters]( "Mother Ghost : nursery rhymes for little monsters")
Love thy mother
![Climate : a new story]( "Climate : a new story")
![Pesticides and GMOs]( "Pesticides and GMOs")
![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 nature of nature : why we need the wild]( "The nature of nature : why we need the wild")
![Behind the curve : science and the politics of global warming]( "Behind the curve : science and the politics of global warming")
![Ill nature : rants and reflections on humanity and other animals]( "Ill nature : rants and reflections on humanity and other animals")
![The carbon almanac : it's not too late]( "The carbon almanac : it's not too late")
![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 future of conservation in America : a chart for rough water]( "The future of conservation in America : a chart for rough water")
![Girls who green the world : thirty-four rebel women out to save our planet]( "Girls who green the world : thirty-four rebel women out to save our planet")
![All we can save : truth, courage, and solutions for the climate crisis]( "All we can save : truth, courage, and solutions for the climate crisis")
![I want a better catastrophe : navigating the climate crisis with grief, hope, and gallows humor : an existential manual for tragic optimists, can-do pessimists, and compassionate doomers]( "I want a better catastrophe : navigating the climate crisis with grief, hope, and gallows humor : an existential manual for tragic optimists, can-do pessimists, and compassionate doomers")
![Unsettled : what climate science tells us, what it doesn't, and why it matters]( "Unsettled : what climate science tells us, what it doesn't, and why it matters")
![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")
![No one is too small to make a difference]( "No one is too small to make a difference")
![The Earth transformed : an untold history]( "The Earth transformed : an untold history")
![Clearing the air : the beginning and the end of air pollution]( "Clearing the air : the beginning and the end of air pollution")
![Climate resilience for an aging nation]( "Climate resilience for an aging nation")
![From here to there : the art and science of finding and losing our way]( "From here to there : the art and science of finding and losing our way")
![Arts of living on a damaged planet. Ghosts of the anthropocene. Monsters of the anthropocene]( "Arts of living on a damaged planet. Ghosts of the anthropocene. Monsters of the anthropocene")
![The quickening : creation and community at the ends of the Earth]( "The quickening : creation and community at the ends of the Earth")
![This America of ours : Bernard and Avis DeVoto and the forgotten fight to save the wild]( "This America of ours : Bernard and Avis DeVoto and the forgotten fight to save the wild")
![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")
![The swine republic : struggles with the truth about agriculture and water quality]( "The swine republic : struggles with the truth about agriculture and water quality")
![Was it worth it? : a wilderness warrior's long trail home]( "Was it worth it? : a wilderness warrior's long trail home")
![Wasted : how we squander time, money, and natural resources - and what we can do about it]( "Wasted : how we squander time, money, and natural resources - and what we can do about it")
![Tending Iowa's land : pathways to a sustainable future]( "Tending Iowa's land : pathways to a sustainable future")
![The control of nature]( "The control of nature")
![Learning to die in the Anthropocene : reflections on the end of a civilization]( "Learning to die in the Anthropocene : reflections on the end of a civilization")
![Inconvenient facts : the science that Al Gore doesn't want you to know]( "Inconvenient facts : the science that Al Gore doesn't want you to know")
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