Adults, it’s time for your annual reading program! The kids get the summer reading program, and the adults get Winter Reads, Pioneerland Library System’s program that begins in January. Cosmos Library’s program this year will run Thursday, January 2, through Saturday, March 15.

January 2nd is the first day you can sign up for the program, but you can sign up anytime through early March. The advantage of signing up early is that you count the books you read after you have signed up, so you have more time to complete it. The other is that the prize choices are available while supplies last, so the earlier you turn in a reading log, the more choices you will have.

When you sign up, you’ll get a free book bag (while supplies last) and a reading log to keep track of the books you read. You can read fiction or nonfiction, old or new, library books or your own, print, e-books, or audiobooks – it’s all your choice!

Once you have read and rated three books, bring your reading log back to the library so that you can choose a small prize. If you read three more by March 15, bring it back in to choose an additional prize. The program can’t be repeated this year once completed.

Prize choices this year are mugs, book lights, can insulators, large candy bars, small notebook and pen sets, and potholders.

Kids ages 5-18 are invited to build with LEGOs at the Cosmos Creation Club on Monday, January 27, 2:00-3:00 p.m.  Children ages 5-7 must be accompanied by a teen or adult caregiver. There’s no need to sign up, and everything is provided.

Pokémon TCG won’t be held this month. We’re anticipating a restart of that program in the spring.

Cosmos Library will be open regular hours the week of New Year’s Day, since the holiday falls on Wednesday when the library is normally closed. The library will be closed on Monday, January 20, for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Cosmos Library is located in city hall. The phone number is 320-440-1012, and the website is www.cosmos.lib.mn.us. The library’s hours are Mondays 10-5, Tuesdays 2-5, Thursdays 2-6, Fridays 2-5, and Saturdays 10-1.