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The Barrie Community Health Clinic will be presenting a Meditation class. This class includes information and education as well as three separate mindfulness meditations. All abilities are welcome.

Friday August 14, 11am at Midhurst Branch

Cost: Free

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Cool Machine

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Monster Hunters

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The Princess Swap

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Trick or Treat Trouble

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Wicked, Great and Small

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A Wickedly Evil Pet

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Today is the Day

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All the Ways We Learn

ot every child learns by sitting still and staying quiet. Some kids learn by jumping and tapping their feet. Others by building, drawing,...

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Breathe, Bunny, Breathe

hen Bunny gets hopping mad or when his feelings get too big, he uses a handy trick his mom taught him to regulate his emotions...

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Mysterious Things

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Tony Rex's Seven Stomps to Success

Under the guise of facing challenges and improving one's life, Tony the T-Rex offers a seven-step program with advice that seemingly help...

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What's on Your Mind?

If your head feels too full... Think about something that tastes good. Stretch all the way up to the sky to pet a giraffe. Laugh out loud...

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Bear Hair

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Debug this Book

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Incredible Fast and Not At All Fun

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Just For Today

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Schooltime Grumps

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The Invisible String

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The Big One

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How to Be A Proper Ogre

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Kelly Dipucchio

Mabel's Museum of Wonders

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Dana Wulfekotte

Sallie Bee says "I'm Sorry"

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New in July Adult

The Autumn of Madame Helene

City of Widows

Cool Machine

Country Road Murders

Dominion

Get Lost

Getting Away with Murder

The Housewife

It's Not What You Think

Keep Them Close

Love You More

Meet Me in Paris

Mistress of the Persian Boarding House

The Parisian Heist

Ransom

The Secret Society of Librarians

The Spy and the Snake

Storm Tide

The Story Keeper

Summer of Love

This Changes Eveerything

Unreliable Narrator

All About Allergies

American Alt

Biological War

How Will I Ever Get Through This?

Now What?

PCOS for Dummies

Push the Wall

The Renoir Girls

The Solo Honeymoon

Think Less Sleep More

Uncover Up

Unleashed

New in July Young Adult & Junior

Checking You Out

The Guilded Blade

Heartstopper Volume 6

Meet Me at Midnight

Our Wicked Gifts

The River She Became

Ruinous Ends

Thornbird

Tides of Fortune

What Lies Beneath the Flowers

The Girl Who Loved Monsters

Beware the Werewolf

I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor

Villain Con

Offside

The Scariest Sleepover Ever!

The Princess Diaries

Amber the Orange Fairy

Mighty Mayhem

Super Unicorn Princess

Warriors

Champions of the Galaxy

Monster Hunters

The Princess Swap

Trick or Treat Trouble

Pug Goes to Hollywood

Rat Attack

Sleepless

Unchosen One

Wicked, Great and Small

A Wickedly Evil Pet

New in July Picture Books

My Dad Can

Today is the Day

Mac & Cheese the Origin Story

All the Ways We Learn

Breathe, Bunny, Breathe

Mysterious Things

Tony Rex's Seven Stomps to Success

What's on Your Mind?