Recent artists' books showcasing flowers are on display in the Sherman Art Library Reference Room.

Mary Jeanne Linford's Passionate Posies combines her passion for pop-up books and games with flowers. The round miniature book has four double page pop-ups: apple blossom, pansy, rose, and passion flower.  Housed in a round metal box with clear glass removable lid, the book rests on the plastic see-through base that allows room for a BB game in the bottom of the metal box.  The 'loves me / loves me not' game has a drawing of a daisy flower with small indentations for a BB to land in as the box is manipulated.

A Pop-Up Field Guide to North American Wildflowers by Shawn Sheehy celebrates flowers from the most showy to the most humble. Not merely a survey, this field guide includes an essay detailing a 21st century "Language of Flowers."

Poppy Field by Jill Timm is an accordion fold pocket book with each pocket containing a small print that just sparkles with color.

Faith Medicine by Jamie Weaver grew out of memories of her father that surfaced as she attended a conference on Appalachian studies that focused on herbal remedies. She recalled how her father often dug for ginseng and sassafras roots, and she created the book to explore how these herbal remendies reconnected her to memories of her father. Each recipe card has an herbal recipe on one side with an associated memory of the artist's father on the other side.