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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 almost forgot about you : a novel]( "I almost forgot about you : a novel")
![The promise]( "The promise")
![Afterlife]( "Afterlife")
![Redwood court : fiction]( "Redwood court : fiction")
![The summer we started over : a novel]( "The summer we started over : a novel")
![The British booksellers : a novel of the Forgotten Blitz]( "The British booksellers : a novel of the Forgotten Blitz")
![The wife app]( "The wife app")
![The invisible husband of Frick Island]( "The invisible husband of Frick Island")
![Must love books : a novel]( "Must love books : a novel")
![The delight of being ordinary : a road trip with the Pope and the Dalai Lama]( "The delight of being ordinary : a road trip with the Pope and the Dalai Lama")
![Appleseed : a novel]( "Appleseed : a novel")
![Twelve hours in Manhattan : a novel]( "Twelve hours in Manhattan : a novel")
![The summer we started over : a novel]( "The summer we started over : a novel")
![The help]( "The help")
![Role playing]( "Role playing")
![The girl they left behind : a novel]( "The girl they left behind : a novel")
![Probably Ruby : a novel]( "Probably Ruby : a novel")
![You are here : a novel]( "You are here : a novel")
![Faithful]( "Faithful")
![Suggested in the stars]( "Suggested in the stars")
![The inheritance]( "The inheritance")
![What we found in hallelujah : a novel]( "What we found in hallelujah : a novel")
![No land to light on]( "No land to light on")
![After the fire]( "After the fire")
![The Peacock Emporium]( "The Peacock Emporium")
![One Christmas morning : a novel]( "One Christmas morning : a novel")
![A good life]( "A good life")
![Happy land]( "Happy land")
![To each this world]( "To each this world")
![Just some stupid love story]( "Just some stupid love story")
Share the love of poetry with your littles.
![All aboard the London bus]( "All aboard the London bus")
![Tomie dePaola's More Mother Goose favorites.]( "Tomie dePaola's More Mother Goose favorites.")
![Down to the sea in ships]( "Down to the sea in ships")
![A great big cuddle : poems for the very young]( "A great big cuddle : poems for the very young")
![Every month is a new year : celebrations around the world]( "Every month is a new year : celebrations around the world")
![Bridges instead of walls : the story of Mavis Staples]( "Bridges instead of walls : the story of Mavis Staples")
![Wilderman's treetop tales]( "Wilderman's treetop tales")
![Poems in black and white]( "Poems in black and white")
![Home run, touchdown, basket, goal! : sports poems for little athletes]( "Home run, touchdown, basket, goal! : sports poems for little athletes")
![Lullaby : for a black mother]( "Lullaby : for a black mother")
![Haiti my country]( "Haiti my country")
![A light in the attic]( "A light in the attic")
![F*E*G : ridiculous [stupid] poems for intelligent children]( "F*E*G : ridiculous [stupid] poems for intelligent children")
![Poetree]( "Poetree")
![Little Miss Muffet]( "Little Miss Muffet")
![The book of not entirely useful advice]( "The book of not entirely useful advice")
![The B on your thumb.]( "The B on your thumb.")
![The Barefoot book of classic poems]( "The Barefoot book of classic poems")
![Clackety track : poems about trains]( "Clackety track : poems about trains")
![The pumpkin seed's secret : a life cycle poem]( "The pumpkin seed's secret : a life cycle poem")
![The last straw : kids vs. plastics]( "The last straw : kids vs. plastics")
![Walt Whitman : poetry for kids]( "Walt Whitman : poetry for kids")
![Awe-some days : poems about the Jewish holidays]( "Awe-some days : poems about the Jewish holidays")
![Incredible inventions : poems]( "Incredible inventions : poems")
![Queer and fearless : poems celebrating the lives of LGBTQ+ heroes]( "Queer and fearless : poems celebrating the lives of LGBTQ+ heroes")
![The real Dada Mother Goose : a treasury of complete nonsense]( "The real Dada Mother Goose : a treasury of complete nonsense")
![The snack smasher and other reason why it's not my fault]( "The snack smasher and other reason why it's not my fault")
![Awful Ogre's awful day]( "Awful Ogre's awful day")
![Wake up!]( "Wake up!")
![Bugs!]( "Bugs!")
Love thy mother
![Field notes from a catastrophe : man, nature, and climate change]( "Field notes from a catastrophe : man, nature, and climate change")
![Atomic adventures : secret islands, forgotten n -rays, and isotopic murder--a journey into the wild world of nuclear science]( "Atomic adventures : secret islands, forgotten n -rays, and isotopic murder--a journey into the wild world of nuclear science")
![Crossings : how road ecology is shaping the future of our planet]( "Crossings : how road ecology is shaping the future of our planet")
![The golden spruce : a true story of myth, madness, and greed]( "The golden spruce : a true story of myth, madness, and greed")
![Regeneration : ending the climate crisis in one generation]( "Regeneration : ending the climate crisis in one generation")
![Between urban and wild : reflections from Colorado]( "Between urban and wild : reflections from Colorado")
![The atlas of climate change : mapping the world's greatest challenge]( "The atlas of climate change : mapping the world's greatest challenge")
![Climate : a new story]( "Climate : a new story")
![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")
![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")
![Chasing lakes : love, science, and the secrets of the Arctic]( "Chasing lakes : love, science, and the secrets of the Arctic")
![The blue plate : a food lover's guide to climate chaos]( "The blue plate : a food lover's guide to climate chaos")
![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")
![Inconspicuous consumption : the environmental impact you don't know you have]( "Inconspicuous consumption : the environmental impact you don't know you have")
![Arbitrary lines : how zoning broke the American city and how to fix it]( "Arbitrary lines : how zoning broke the American city and how to fix it")
![H is for hope : climate change from A to Z]( "H is for hope : climate change from A to Z")
![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")
![The war on the EPA : America's endangered environmental protections]( "The war on the EPA : America's endangered environmental protections")
![The trail to Kanjiroba : rediscovering Earth in an age of loss]( "The trail to Kanjiroba : rediscovering Earth in an age of loss")
![Nowhere left to go : how climate change is driving species to the ends of the earth]( "Nowhere left to go : how climate change is driving species to the ends of the earth")
![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")
![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")
![Imaginary borders]( "Imaginary borders")
![The atlas of a changing climate : our evolving planet visualized with more than 100 maps, charts, and infographics]( "The atlas of a changing climate : our evolving planet visualized with more than 100 maps, charts, and infographics")
![False alarm : how climate change panic costs us trillions, hurts the poor, and fails to fix the planet]( "False alarm : how climate change panic costs us trillions, hurts the poor, and fails to fix the planet")
![A hot mess : how the climate crisis is changing our world]( "A hot mess : how the climate crisis is changing our world")
![Key to the city : how zoning shapes our world]( "Key to the city : how zoning shapes our world")
![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")
![Hurricane lizards and plastic squid : the fraught and fascinating biology of climate change]( "Hurricane lizards and plastic squid : the fraught and fascinating biology of climate change")
![Nomad century : how climate migration will reshape our world]( "Nomad century : how climate migration will reshape our world")
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