To celebrate the fall release of the Toledo Museum of Art’s first children’s book, Glassigator, TMA opens an exhibition of 20 original watercolor illustrations by internationally famous glass artist Dan Dailey. The Dailey Show is on view in Gallery 18 from September 28, 2007 through January 13, 2008. Exhibition admission is free.

The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) recently named Sarah Pohlman the 2007 Library Fellows Award Winner for her limited-edition book Everything and Everyone: In the End We All Are One. Everything and Everyone: In the End We All Are One was supported by the NMWA Library Fellows, whose objective is to encourage and promote book arts.

An exhibition of books authored by Charles Darwin will be on display in the Lenhardt Library located in the Regenstein Center at the Chicago Botanic Garden through Sunday, October 28, 2007. This exhibit presents the background for his book, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection—one of the most influential books in the field of natural sciences.

Dive into the wild world of otters with a new natural history book from the Monterey Bay Aquarium: Wild About Otters.

This richly illustrated book by Museum of New Zealand presents a comprehensive assessment of the display of Maori culture from the 19th Century to today.

Some of the largest and most beautiful manuscripts that survive from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance are books containing the music of Christian church ceremonies. Music for the Masses: Illuminated Choir Books, at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, August 14-October 28, 2007, is an exhibition of over 40 manuscripts and leaves from the Getty Museum's collection that explores the various types of choir books and their characteristic illumination.

Children and even some adults around the globe will be saddened this weekend by the loss of a character in the famous Harry Potter book series. Author J.K. Rowling divulged last summer that two central characters will meet their demise in the series’ final book scheduled for release midnight July 21. University of Kentucky clinical social worker James Clark feels this is a valuable opportunity for parents to discuss such an important topic as death and dying.

Within 24 hours after J K Rowling opened her copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at London's Natural History Museum a minute past Friday night, the book has become the fastest selling novel in publishing history.

The seventh and the last of Harry Potter themed books will hit the bookstore shelves on July 21. This event will drive lots of money to book selling industry.

Bookstore chain Borders says it has removed copies of a book about Tintin's adventures in Africa from the children's section of its US stores, as well as British outlets, amid allegations of racism.

Could Harry Potter be guarding the secrets of the British government's post 9/11 response to the terrorist threat" Judith Rauhofer of the University of Central Lancashire seems to think so.

Native Guard by Natasha Trethewey is a slim volume, 51 pages including notes and acknowledgments, but Natasha Trethewey packs Native Guard full of poetic goodness. At least that's my take on it. I have problems determining if I like poetry because it's good or because it speaks to my own experiences and biases, but I really think this is good stuff.