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Founded in 2025, Mori Family Explore Nature is dedicated to inspiring children to embrace the wonders of the natural world. Our journey began with a passion for nature and education, blending the two into a unique publishing venture. Mori Family Explore Nature is a dedicated, family-owned publishing company focused on nurturing children's appreciation for nature. Through our exciting encyclopedia book series, we encourage young minds to venture outdoors, explore, and understand the importance of environmental conservation. Our mission is to instill values of curiosity and protection of our precious natural world in every child. Inspired by dad Vince's fantastic photography skills and beautiful nature photos, brother Charlie's incredible knowledge of all things animals, sister Sophia's excellent eye for art and creativity, mom Shannon's book creating and writing skills to put them all together with the Mori's combined love, appreciation and respect for all nature and animals, the Explore Nature Encyclopedia Series was born. Living and traveling all over the country, the Mori family have explored a vast number of backyards, nature trails, parks, and gardens. All photos in their books were taken in the various backyards of the Mori family or at nature parks by one of the Mori's.
Reviewed by Emily-Jane Hills Orford for Readers' Favorite
Have you ever heard of the praying mantis? Did you know the ancient Greeks named it after the insect’s praying pose? And did you know there are over 2,400 species of praying mantises? In The Mori Family’s Backyard Discoveries, you'll find lots of interesting animals, birds, and insects in your own backyard. Like the praying mantis, of course, and some of the more commonly recognized squirrels, deer, raccoons, and many more. Your backyard is an encyclopedia of life, and it’s just waiting for you and others to discover all its wonders.
The Mori Family’s Backyard Discoveries: Explore Nature is part of the Explore Nature Encyclopedia Series. The book is a gem of a resource for young readers interested in the natural world around them. In fact, anyone can become a nature explorer and enjoy learning and observing nature. Like an encyclopedia, every entry is alphabetically organized, from the first entry of the American Toad to the last one, the White-Tailed Deer. The information presented is thematically organized, with an inclusive and informative key at the beginning to help young readers find what they’re looking for. The authors include interesting facts as well as unexpected and perhaps even unusual ones, like the insect that performs synchronized dances and the turtle whose shell pattern is as individual as the human fingerprint. Each entry includes a spectacular photograph of the specimen. The end of the book provides readers with valuable resources so they can do further study. This is a great resource for young readers venturing into the realm of nature exploration.
