May Library News

May is a month of gardening, Mother’s Day, and looking ahead to summer at the Cosmos Library.

The seed library is available all month for you to get a few free seeds for your garden. The library has a variety of vegetable and flower seeds to choose from. You can take several larger seeds or a pinch of small seeds of each variety you want, and you can take four mini envelopes of these per person each week. Whether you plant them in your yard or in a pot, you’re likely to find something you can grow. Open to all ages. Thank you to the Lake Elizabeth Green Thumb Garden Club and the Hope Blooms Flower Farm for their contributions to this community resource!

The Cosmos Library will have take-home crafts for Mother’s Day available starting Tuesday, May 5th. One per child, while supplies last.

Pokémon Trading Card Game sessions continue every Thursday this month from 4:00 to 5:30. There’s no need to sign up, and it’s free! This program is for kids and teens ages 7 to 18. Children younger than age 8 must have an adult or teen caregiver with them, and parents and grandparents are always welcome to stay. New players are encouraged to attend and learn how to play the game. The library has all of the cards needed, but kids can bring their own cards if they wish. There are even some small prizes! Experienced and new players are invited to play in a friendly learning environment.

Craft Circle continues one more time for the spring on the fourth Saturday of the month: May 23, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Drop in with your craft project to have some social time while you work. No messy crafts such as paint and dye, please, in order to protect the library’s carpet. No craft of your own? The library has adult coloring sheets and colored pencils. Open to adults and teens age 16 and up. No need to sign up. Craft Circle will not be held this summer.

The summer reading program will start on Monday, June 1st. This year’s theme is Plant a Seed, Read! Students in the ACGC district will hear about the program at school this month. June 1st is the first day that kids ages 3-18 can sign up for the self-paced program, but they can stop in anytime after that, all summer, to sign up and get started. Kids can choose a free book to keep when they sign up. They’ll also get a reading log they will use to track reading time and other activities, so they can earn “library loot” they can turn in for small prizes. The program will run until August 31.

Looking for an interesting new book to check out at the Cosmos Library? Maybe one of these will fit your interests or needs:

“99 Ways to Die: And How to Avoid Them” by Ashely Alker

“Awakening the Spirit of America: FDR’s War of Words with Charles Lindbergh – and the Battle to Save Democracy” by Paul M. Sparrow

“Building a Parenting Agreement that Works: Child Custody Agreements Step by Step” by Mimi Lee

“Cracking the Nazi Code: The Untold Story of Agent A12 and the Solving of the Holocaust Code” by Jason Bell

“The Employer’s Legal Handbook: How to Manage Your Employees & Workplace” by Aaron Hotfelder

“Fodor’s New England” by Diane Bair

“A History of the United States” by Philip Jenkins

Pioneerland libraries will be closed on Monday, May 25, for Memorial Day. Cosmos Library’s hours are Mondays 10-5, Tuesdays 2-5, Thursdays 2-6, Fridays 2-5, and Saturdays 10-1. Find us in city hall, at www.cosmos.lib.mn.us, or at 320-440-1012. You can also find us on Instagram and Facebook.