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Paperback The Invisible String Book

ISBN: 031648623X

ISBN13: 9780316486231

The Invisible String

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Book Overview

With over 2 million copies sold, this accessible, bestselling picture book phenomenon about the unbreakable connections between loved ones has healed generations of children and adults alike. A Spanish edition (El hilo invisible by Patrice Karst and Joanne Lew-Vriethoff) and a companion workbook are also available (The Invisible String Workbook).

Parents, educators, therapists, and social workers alike have declared The Invisible String the perfect tool for coping with all kinds of separation anxiety, loss, and grief. It's also been joyfully embraced as a year-round celebration of love--gifted at births, graduations, weddings, Valentine's Day, and beyond. In this relatable and reassuring contemporary classic, a mother tells her two children that they're all connected by an invisible string. "That's impossible " the children insist, but still they want to know more: "What kind of string?" The answer is the simple truth that binds us all: An Invisible String made of love. Even though you can't see it with your eyes, you can feel it deep in your heart, and know that you are always connected to the ones you love. Does everybody have an Invisible String? How far does it reach? Does it ever go away? This heartwarming picture book for all ages explores questions about the intangible yet unbreakable connections between us, and opens up deeper conversations about love.

Recommended and adopted by parenting blogs, bereavement support groups, hospice centers, foster care and social service agencies, military library services, church groups, and educators, The Invisible String offers a very simple approach to overcoming loneliness, separation, or loss with an imaginative twist that children easily understand and embrace, and delivers a particularly compelling message in today's uncertain times. This special paperback edition includes vibrant new illustrations and an introduction from the author.

Recommended by Oprah Daily - A Good Housekeeping Best Children's Book of All Time

"This book is a beautiful way to begin to try, as parents, to instill in children the impenetrable power of the heart, the energy of love, and the flow that can be felt from the grace in every moment." --Tony Robbins

Read all the books in The Invisible String series:

The Invisible String Backpack: Your very own tool kit for school--and life
The Invisible String Workbook: Creative Activities to Comfort, Calm, and Connect
The Invisible Leash: An Invisible String Story About the Loss of a Pet​
The Invisible Web: An Invisible String Story Celebrating Love and Universal Connection
You Are Never Alone: An Invisible String Lullaby

Customer Reviews

6 ratings

Absolutely Amazing

Our adopted daughter is having a hard time with separation from me, and just today she explained to someone about how her invisible string works.

Wonderful book!

I heard this book read at a grief workshop. This book is a wonderful book for families!

beautifully written

A great book with heaps of emotions. A special one to keep.

An excellent book to ease separation and explain love!

The Invisible String is THE most requested book in our house, and has held this status for quite some time. The book was a lifesaver for our family when my husband was deployed for a year with the Air Force. The description of how people are connected by love over long distances is so well done and understandable that it helped my 3-year-old and 5-year-old know that they were still connected to their dad even though they couldn't see him. It sparked a nightly ritual of "pulling Dad's strings," and we could feel him pulling back. I recommend this book highly for any family that finds themselves separated from each other for any reason, and I think it should be standard issue to the families of any deployed military personnel. You won't regret buying this one -- in fact, you should buy two so you can give one as a gift!

Not just a children's picture book!

Although this book is meant to be read to children, I have given it as a gift to all of my closest friends and family members as a way to say "I'm so gald we're connected!" I also used its basic message to reassure my daughter that even though she was going off to all-day kindergarten, we would still be connected by our invisible strings. This is a very heart-warming story with a bigger message than appears on the surface.

Great story about love

This book is good for small children as well as those up to about 9 or 10. Expresses that distance and even death do not seperate those we love and who love us. Great if you or someone close to you are moving or if a loved one dies to explain how love works at a distance.

The Invisible String Mentions in Our Blog

The Invisible String in Books to Help Kids Fight the Back-to-School Scaries
Books to Help Kids Fight the Back-to-School Scaries
Published by Ashly Moore Sheldon • August 25, 2024

For lots of kids, going back to school brings up some worries and fears. From separation anxiety to social discomfort to worries about doing a good job, these fears are perfectly normal. If you or someone you love is suffering from a case of the back-to-school scaries, here are some books that can help.

The Invisible String in 12 Picture Books About Change
12 Picture Books About Change
Published by Ashly Moore Sheldon • August 20, 2023

Change is hard for all of us, especially kids who may be facing big transitions for the first time. As we head into a new season, here's a roundup of twelve picture books to help little ones deal with a changing world.   

The Invisible String in Parenting After a Global Pandemic
Parenting After a Global Pandemic
Published by Brittany Borgeson • May 07, 2021
As the world slowly begins to open back up and we welcome our students back into our schools, I am thinking about how best to support our children through this transition. The following six children’s books are conversation starters for families to reflect on this past year, to talk through how their children might play a role in identifying and regulating their emotions, and how to shake off the dust of worry and anxiety from this year.
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