Review: Beholding Wonders Before Your Very Own Feet
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 14, 2014
Sharon Delarose writes in the best traditions of the travelog, clearly demonstrating that if we want something mysterious and exotic, our own local regions hold wonders enough.  An easy, casual manner, Delarose narrates her backyard adventures, camera in hand, in a very engaging, personal way, suitable for children and adults alike.As a teen, I was a FFA chapter president, even going to Forestry Camp and studying entomology.  Those days have long since passed, yet KING OF THE FOREST was a nostalgic trip for me as well as a pertinent, practical guide, many of the insects I know unfortunately well today (icky Saddlebacks).  I have to admit, the juxtaposition of Georgian flora, fungi and fauna with mountain lions reads as an odd transition,  but the depth of scientific and anecdotal information of both is a rare, marvelous mixture of entertaining education.All in all, KING OF THE FOREST would do excellently for intrepid youths traipsing about the woods, imagination ablaze with Delarose's descriptions, and equally well for armchair travellers wishing to visit the things that creep, crawl, and grow in our very own mystical backyard.