This summer, kids are invited to Level Up at Your Library – the theme of this year’s summer reading program! “Level Up at Your Library” is a summer reading program based around games and puzzles.

At Cosmos Public Library the program will begin the day after Memorial Day: Tuesday, May 27. Kids ages 3-18 can sign up that day or any day throughout the summer. The program runs through August 30^th.

The summer reading program is something kids do on their own time, working their way through the reading game sheets by reading or being read to and doing other fun activities. The reading log for children looks like a board game. The teen reading log is a chart to simply record hours spent reading.

When they sign up, kids get book bag filled with a few freebies, including a small word find book. When they turn in a completed reading sheet, they will earn “library loot,” play money that they can turn in for a choice of small prizes.

The goal of the summer reading program is to encourage kids to read all summer long so that they keep up their reading skills and return to school in the fall ready to learn. Because of that, kids can do one reading sheet after another all summer until late August and keep earning prizes.

So many fun activities are happening for kids at the library this summer:

Pokémon gaming: most Mondays June 2–August 25, 10:30 am—noon. No games June 23 or 30. For kids ages 7 and up

LEGO Time: 3rd Monday of the month, 2-3 pm. Ages 5-18

Storytimes: Saturdays June 7, July 19, and August 23, 10:30 am

Science Heroes: Adventure of the Missing Color: Friday June 6, 4 pm

CLIMB Theatre: Babe the Blue Ox: Friday June 13, 2 pm

Science Museum: Engineering: Monday June 23, 3 pm

Princess Kay storytime: Friday June 27, 3 pm

Space Fest mini golf: Friday July 18, 5-8 pm. All ages.

DNR Naturalist: Bats: Thursday July 24, 3 pm

Button making: August 11-16 all day

Take-home crafts and activities for a variety of ages will be available from time to time throughout the summer.

Visit Cosmos Library with the kids this summer and Level Up at Your Library!