The Invisible String

By: Patrice Karst

Published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2023

With over 1.5 million copies sold, this accessible, bestselling picture book phenomenon about the unbreakable connections between loved ones has healed generations of children and adults alike. This new hardcover edition includes the vibrant illustrations from the 2018 paperback edition. A Spanish edition (El hilo invisible by Patrice Karst and Joanne Lew-Vriethoff) and 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.



Recommended by Oprah Daily!



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