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The Invisible String

by Patrice Karst Publisher: LITTLE BROWN & CO

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A child-friendly way to talk about connection

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Awards & Recognition

  • Editorial selection

    A Good Housekeeping Best Children's Book of All Time

    Named a Good Housekeeping Best Children's Book of All Time.

  • Critical praise

    Praise from Tony Robbins

    Robbins praises the book as a way for parents to convey the power of the heart and love to children.

AlbakiReads Editorial

A child-friendly way to talk about connection

When two children question how they can remain connected to loved ones, their mother offers an imaginative answer: an invisible string made of love. Their questions give the picture book a simple framework for exploring how connection can persist even when people are apart. The idea also opens space for conversations about separation, loneliness, loss, and grief, while keeping love at the center. This paperback edition includes new illustrations and an introduction from the author.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 4–8 exploring feelings about separation or being apart from loved ones
  • Families and educators seeking a picture book to prompt conversations about connection, loss, or grief

Themes

Love and connectionSeparationLoneliness and lossEmotional conversations

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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 new version featuring many different families, The Invisible String Family Celebration, and a companion workbook, The Invisible String Workbook, are also available.

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 - As seen on CNN

"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 Family Celebration
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
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