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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! โข A Good Housekeeping Best Childrenโs Book of All Time โข 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." โTony 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 schoolโand life! The Invisible String Workbook : Creative Activities to Comfort, Calm, and Connect The Invisible Leash: An Invisible String Story About the Loss of a Petโ The Invisible Web: An Invisible String Story Celebrating Love and Universal Connection You Are Never Alone: An Invisible String Lullaby Review: A Beautiful, Comforting Book for Kids Going Through Loss - The Invisible String was recommended by our pediatrician after my brother passed earlier this year, and Iโm so grateful we found it. It explains connection, love, and grief in such a gentle, reassuring way that really clicked with my kids. The message is simple but powerful โ that weโre always connected to the people we love, even when theyโre not physically with us. Reading it together opened up conversations we needed to have, and it helped my children feel safe, seen, and supported during a really hard time. Itโs beautifully written, beautifully illustrated, and such a comfort. Truly a 5/5 book for any family navigating loss, separation, or big feelings. Highly recommend. Review: Book is great - This may be the sweetest book Iโve ever read. It is great if you have a child who is scared to go somewhere like school. The author did a great job with it as did the illustrator.






















| Best Sellers Rank | #145 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1 in Children's Books on Death & Dying #1 in Children's Books on Marriage & Divorce #5 in Children's Books on Emotions & Feelings (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 21,690 Reviews |
A**S
A Beautiful, Comforting Book for Kids Going Through Loss
The Invisible String was recommended by our pediatrician after my brother passed earlier this year, and Iโm so grateful we found it. It explains connection, love, and grief in such a gentle, reassuring way that really clicked with my kids. The message is simple but powerful โ that weโre always connected to the people we love, even when theyโre not physically with us. Reading it together opened up conversations we needed to have, and it helped my children feel safe, seen, and supported during a really hard time. Itโs beautifully written, beautifully illustrated, and such a comfort. Truly a 5/5 book for any family navigating loss, separation, or big feelings. Highly recommend.
J**G
Book is great
This may be the sweetest book Iโve ever read. It is great if you have a child who is scared to go somewhere like school. The author did a great job with it as did the illustrator.
M**J
Great for kids with separation anxiety
My ADHD daughter has separation anxiety. Her therapist recommended this book. Itโs a great book for young kids who struggle with separation anxiety. It explains how you are still connected even when apart from those who you love and you are never truly alone. We read it every night!
C**.
I love this.
It is the book that you wish.No kid ever needed. I am so glad that it is here.My sweet five year old grandson has been through so much death in his little five years. He lost his data , two and a half , and he just lost his grandfather and the grandfather's dog. I am so glad that books like this exist.Because my sweet grandson and his little tender heart need books like this and his loved ones to read them.
K**O
Book to teach kids about greif
My grandkids love this book, they lost there fur baby that had been with them since they wear born of 8,5,3,1,years and this book helped alot
D**5
First grade class loved it!
The Invisible String is a beautifully written and heartfelt book that teaches children (and adults) about the unbreakable connections we share with the people we love, even when we are apart. The story provides a comforting and reassuring message, making it perfect for children who experience separation anxiety, loss, or simply need a reminder that love transcends distance. I recently read this book to my daughterโs class for her birthday, and it was an absolute hit! The children were engaged and excited to share their own โinvisible strings,โ creating a wonderful discussion about love and connection. The message resonated so deeply that I gifted the book to the teacher, who loved it so much that she plans to read it to her students every year. She even had my daughter sign it as a special keepsake, which made the moment even more meaningful. The illustrations are warm and inviting, perfectly complementing the storyโs gentle and uplifting tone. I highly recommend The Invisible String for parents, teachers, and anyone looking for a book that fosters emotional resilience and a sense of security in children. Itโs a timeless and invaluable addition to any home or classroom library!
M**E
It's good....with a few personal changes.
I bought this book for my kids because their dad is an over-the-road truck driver and he's gone for about 4-5 weeks at a time and home for 1 week. I have 3 gripes about this book and admittedly two of them are just personal preferences, but I'll start with something I really like about it. There is a sentence in the book that says how love is stronger than anger and I just really like that part. I also love the scenes where the kids are imagining themselves in different places like in a submarine, on top of a mountain, in space and asking if the string reaches those places. My 3 gripes are as follows: 1. There is no father in the book. I understand that the author is a single mom and that there are many different families out there, but I bought this book specifically because my children's dad is gone a lot so that kind of sucks for my purposes. However, it's a personal preference and in the part where she talks about being away from the kids I just interject in the story and talk about how it's the same for their dad when he's out on his truck working hard. 2. There is page that asks if the string can reach all the way to heaven. I'm agnostic and am raising my kids to be free-thinkers. My oldest is six and has a receptive speech delay and I'd prefer not to really bring up the after-life until absolutely necessary or until he's able to grasp a conversation about how different people believe in different things. Again, it's just a personal preference and i just skip over that page. 3. This one is less of a personal preference and more of a flaw in logic on the authors part. The book is called The INVISIBLE String. It's about an INVISIBLE string, but when the mom introduces the INVISIBLE string she holds it up to the kids as if they can see it! I just don't understand it lol. Why would you hold up something you know they can't see? HOWEVER, it's only about a total of four sentences where it's about her holding up the string and the kids trying to see it. I've crossed those parts out with a pencil and just skip over them. The main point of the string is still told in between those sentences where she says it's a special string made of love and again where she says that you can't see it with your eyes, but you can feel it with your heart. Overall, if I skip over the few parts I don't like and interject the sentence about "Dad", it's a good book and I'm glad I purchased it. It tells a decent story about Love being a force that knows no bounds.
E**S
ALLTIME FAVORITE CHILDRENโS BOOK ๐
As a school counselor, this is my all time favorite childrenโs book. I use this almost daily with my students (I just replace the word Heaven with die since it is public school). I have read this book hundreds of times and it always brings students comfort. From the loss of a loved one, loss of a pet, incarcerated loved one, separation anxiety, to missing someone, this book always brings hope and comfort to all who read it. I cannot recommend it enough!
E**N
What binds us together?
We can't see it but it is there bonding us with those we love. A beautiful lesson that we are never truly alone.
M**E
Lovely book
Help your kid with separation anxiety and read this book together.
M**Y
ALL GRANDPARENTS SHOULD BUY THIS ONE
Lovely story and illustrations. I hope my whole family will read it.
Z**N
Its Amazing
My Daughter loves it so much its amazing story with nice and graphics
S**K
Good Quality
Value for money
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