Writer to sign new field guide

Michael John Haddock will sign copies of his new book, “Wildflowers and Grasses of Kansas: A Field Guide,” from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Oread Books in the Kansas Union.

The event is free and open to the public.

The user-friendly book contains 325 full-color photographs and includes the state’s most common species as well as those encountered less frequently and not often listed in other guides. Wildflowers are arranged first by dominant color groups for quick identification, then by family within each color category. Haddock is an agricultural librarian and science libraries Web coordinator at Kansas State University.