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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 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"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 RobbinsRead all the books in The Invisible String series:The Invisible String Family CelebrationThe Invisible String Backpack: Your very own tool kit for school-and life!The Invisible String Workbook: Creative Activities to Comfort, Calm, and ConnectThe Invisible Leash: An Invisible String Story About the Loss of a Pet​The Invisible Web: An Invisible String Story Celebrating Love and Universal ConnectionYou Are Never Alone: An Invisible String Lullaby

It's Mila's first day of school, but mixed with excitement is worry. What if she can't find her classroom? What if no one likes her? What if she's too nervous to speak up? With a little advice from her brother, she learns that she has everything she needs right in her Invisible Backpack: an Invisible Microphone to help her find her voice, an Invisible Flashlight for when she's feeling lost, an Invisible Net to catch her if she falls, and much more. Her pack is bottomless! The Invisible String is the very first thing that she puts in her pack-and each time she uses it, it gets bigger and better.Patrice Karst, the bestselling author of the modern classic The Invisible String, gives readers the tools to confront every obstacle by teaching them to always hold onto their inner strength, to put on their Invisible Wings...and fly.

From the author of the picture book phenomenon The Invisible String, which has sold half a million copies to date, comes an endearing original board book that brings the same effective bonding technique to parents with newborns and toddlers.As new parents are so aware, separation anxiety can being in the earliest days, right out of the womb. You Are Never Alone focuses on milestone moments of separation as a baby/toddler, always returning to a reunion between separations that establishes a pattern of consistency and security that will last a lifetime.A perfect new baby gift, You Are Never Alone opens up the proven healing powers of The Invisible String to a whole new audience of parents and children.

Using the same simple but effective bonding concept from The Invisible String, which has been used for healing countless readers living with grief, The Invisible Leash illustrates the spiritual connection pet owners have with their animals.After Zach's dog, Jojo, dies, his friend Emily tries to comfort him with the "best news ever": an invisible leash around our hearts connects everyone to their pets no matter where they are, on this Earth or somewhere beyond... Maybe they are even near right now. Zach is sceptical, saying he only believes in what he can see, but Emily lets him find his own way to eventually come to feel the comforting tug of the Invisible Leash. And once again, Zach can sleep peacefully.Accompanied by emotive and uplifting art by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff, Patrice Karst's gentle story celebrates the love, warmth, and joy that animals give us in this life and beyond, and is sure to become the new go-to book for children about pet loss.

Using the same simple but effective bonding concept from The Invisible String, which has been used for healing countless readers living with grief, The Invisible Leash illustrates the spiritual connection pet owners have with their animals.After Zach's dog, Jojo, dies, his friend Emily tries to comfort him with the "best news ever": an invisible leash around our hearts connects everyone to their pets no matter where they are, on this Earth or somewhere beyond --maybe they are even near right now. Zach is skeptical, saying he only believes in what he can see, but Emily lets him find his own way to eventually come to feel the comforting tug of the Invisible Leash.Accompanied by emotive and uplifting art by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff, Patrice Karst's gentle story celebrates the love, warmth, and joy that animals give us in this life and beyond.

This must-have companion to the picture book phenomenon The Invisible String -- which has sold over a million copies to date -- uses more than 50 art and writing activities (plus bonus reflection cards!) to help build self-esteem and healthy relationships, and to celebrate the power of love.The bestselling picture book The Invisible String has been used successfully by countless parents, caregivers, therapists, and organizations who work with people coping with separation. Now, The Invisible String Workbook allows readers of all ages who have experienced any kind of separation or loss to delve deeper into their relationships, to engage in healing conversations, and to build stronger attachments. Written in collaboration with Dana Wyss, PhD, an art therapist who has used The Invisible String in clinics for years, this 112-page write-in book will help spread the power of The Invisible String to the communities who most need it -- whether it be teachers in the early days of the school year, military families, counselors at grief camps, or everyday families nurturing connections with their loved ones.

For more than twenty years, the modern classic The Invisible String has helped hundreds of thousands of children and adults understand that they are connected to the ones they love, no matter how far apart they are. Now, the author of that bestselling phenomenon uses the same effective bonding technique to explain the very best news of all: All of our strings to one another are interconnected in The Invisible Web. "It breathes as we breathe, pulsating all over our Earth, the single heartbeat of life and love. And do you know what that makes us all? One Very Big Family!"This uplifting inspirational title for all ages puts the concept of "six degrees of separation" into a new context that urges readers to recognize, respect, and celebrate their infinite, unbreakable bonds with the entire human family.Don't miss the other books in The Invisible String series:The Invisible StringThe Invisible String WorkbookThe Invisible LeashYou Are Never Alone: An Invisible String Lullaby

From the author of the picture book phenomenon The Invisible String, which has sold half a million copies to date, comes a moving companion title about our connections to each other, to the world, and to the universe.For twenty years, the modern classic The Invisible String has helped hundreds of thousands of children and adults understand that they are connected to the ones they love, no matter how far apart they are. Now, the author of that bestselling phenomenon uses the same effective bonding technique to explain the very best news of all: All of our strings to one another are interconnected in The Invisible Web. 'It breathes as we breathe, pulsating all over our Earth, the single heartbeat of life and love. And do you know what that makes us all? One Very Big Family!'This uplifting inspirational title for all ages puts the concept of 'six degrees of separation' into a new context that urges readers to recognize, respect, and celebrate their infinite, unbreakable bonds with the entire human family.

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 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"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 RobbinsRead all the books in The Invisible String series:The Invisible String Family CelebrationThe Invisible String Backpack: Your very own tool kit for school-and life!The Invisible String Workbook: Creative Activities to Comfort, Calm, and ConnectThe Invisible Leash: An Invisible String Story About the Loss of a Pet​The Invisible Web: An Invisible String Story Celebrating Love and Universal ConnectionYou Are Never Alone: An Invisible String Lullaby

From the author of the bestselling phenomenon The Invisible String comes a transformative tool for all ages to move through sadness and embrace life's colors.Jackson has always been chock-full of joy and vibrant colors. But now his joy has dimmed and his colors are fading. It happens so slowly at first that Jackson barely seems to notice. But without all his colors, he feels gray and empty inside. Until one day when someone offers a few words of advice that changes everything: Each day, look for one color you see outside, and think about how it makes you feel.Patrice Karst, author of the modern classic The Invisible String, shows readers how step by step, color by color, joy can return-and shine even more brightly than before-if we pay close attention to the world around us. Additional notes from Dr. Dana Wyss, PhD provide further guidance toward a path to recovery.

A diverse, inclusive reimagining of the bestselling phenomenon The Invisible String that helps more readers than ever feel connected to this transformative, healing story.For a quarter of a century, The Invisible String has helped comfort and heal millions of readers by easing separation anxiety, loneliness, and loss, while also exploring the intangible yet unbreakable connections between us all. This newly illustrated reimagining of this celebration of love answers the call from countless fans for a diverse range of children and families to be included in this contemporary all-ages classic.When a mom and dad tell their twins that they're all connected by an Invisible String, the children insist that's impossible. But still, they want to know more: What kind of string? The answer is one that people around the world have been sharing for a generation, and it's the simple truth that binds us all: It's an Invisible String made of love. Even if you can't see it, you can feel it deep in your heart and know that you are always connected to the ones you love.Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2025, The Invisible String is truly the perfect gift for all occasions and now more accessible to families of all kinds.

Con más de dos millones de ejemplares vendidos en su idioma original, este libro ilustrado fenómeno de ventas es una obra fácil de comprender sobre las conexiones inquebrantables entre las personas que se quieren, ha sanado a generaciones tanto de niños como de adultos. Los padres, educadores, terapeutas y trabajadores sociales han declarado que El Hilo Invisible es la herramienta perfecta para lidiar con todo tipo de ansiedad por separación, pérdida y duelo. También ha sido alegremente aceptado como una celebración del amor a lo largo de todo el año, y se entrega como regalo en nacimientos, graduaciones, bodas, días de San Valentín y muchas otras fechas más. En este clásico contemporáneo reconfortante y cercano, una madre les cuenta a sus dos hijos que los tres están conectados por un Hilo Invisible. Los niños piensan que eso es imposible, pero sienten curiosidad por saber más. ¿De qué hilo habla su mamá? La respuesta es la simple verdad que nos une a todos: Es un Hilo Invisible hecho de amor. Aunque no pueden verlo con sus ojos, pueden sentirlo muy dentro de su corazón y saber que siempre están conectados con las personas que quieren. ¿Todos tenemos un Hilo Invisible? ¿Hasta dónde llega? ¿Alguna vez desaparece? Este conmovedor libro ilustrado para todas las edades explora preguntas sobre las conexiones intangibles e inquebrantables entre todos, y abre la puerta a conversaciones más profundas sobre el amor.El Hilo Invisible, recomendado y adoptado por blogs de crianza, grupos de apoyo en el duelo, hospicios, agencias de servicios sociales y de acogimiento de menores, servicios bibliotecarios militares, grupos religiosos y educadores ofrece un enfoque muy sencillo para superar la soledad, la separación o la pérdida, con un giro creativo que los niños comprenden y aceptan fácilmente, y transmite un mensaje especialmente poderoso en estos tiempos inciertos.También está disponible la edición en inglés: The Invisible String¡Recomendado por Oprah Daily! Uno de los mejores libros infantiles de todos los tiempos de Good Housekeeping«Este libro es una forma hermosa de empezar, como padres, a intentar transmitirles a los niños el poder impenetrable del corazón, la energía del amor y el flujo que puede sentirse en cada momento de gracia». -Tony RobbinsLee todos los libros de la serie El Hilo Invisible en inglés:The Invisible StringThe 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 PetThe Invisible Web: An Invisible String Story Celebrating Love and Universal ConnectionYou Are Never Alone: An Invisible String LullabyWith 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 RobbinsRead 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 ConnectThe Invisible Leash: An Invisible String Story About the Loss of a Pet​The Invisible Web: An Invisible String Story Celebrating Love and Universal ConnectionYou Are Never Alone: An Invisible String Lullaby

Con más de dos millones de ejemplares vendidos en su idioma original, este libro ilustrado fenómeno de ventas es una obra fácil de comprender sobre las conexiones inquebrantables entre las personas que se quieren, ha sanado a generaciones tanto de niños como de adultos.Los padres, educadores, terapeutas y trabajadores sociales han declarado que El Hilo Invisible es la herramienta perfecta para lidiar con todo tipo de ansiedad por separación, pérdida y duelo. También ha sido alegremente aceptado como una celebración del amor a lo largo de todo el año, y se entrega como regalo en nacimientos, graduaciones, bodas, días de San Valentín y muchas otras fechas más. En este clásico contemporáneo reconfortante y cercano, una madre les cuenta a sus dos hijos que los tres están conectados por un Hilo Invisible. Los niños piensan que eso es imposible, pero sienten curiosidad por saber más. ¿De qué hilo habla su mamá? La respuesta es la simple verdad que nos une a todos: Es un Hilo Invisible hecho de amor. Aunque no pueden verlo con sus ojos, pueden sentirlo muy dentro de su corazón y saber que siempre están conectados con las personas que quieren. ¿Todos tenemos un Hilo Invisible? ¿Hasta dónde llega? ¿Alguna vez desaparece? Este conmovedor libro ilustrado para todas las edades explora preguntas sobre las conexiones intangibles e inquebrantables entre todos, y abre la puerta a conversaciones más profundas sobre el amor.El Hilo Invisible, recomendado y adoptado por blogs de crianza, grupos de apoyo en el duelo, hospicios, agencias de servicios sociales y de acogimiento de menores, servicios bibliotecarios militares, grupos religiosos y educadores ofrece un enfoque muy sencillo para superar la soledad, la separación o la pérdida, con un giro creativo que los niños comprenden y aceptan fácilmente, y transmite un mensaje especialmente poderoso en estos tiempos inciertos.También está disponible la edición en inglés: The Invisible String¡Recomendado por Oprah Daily! Uno de los mejores libros infantiles de todos los tiempos de Good Housekeeping«Este libro es una forma hermosa de empezar, como padres, a intentar transmitirles a los niños el poder impenetrable del corazón, la energía del amor y el flujo que puede sentirse en cada momento de gracia». -Tony RobbinsLee todos los libros de la serie El Hilo Invisible en inglés:The Invisible StringThe Invisible String Backpack: Your very own tool kit for school-and life!The Invisible String Workbook: Creative Activities to Comfort, Calm, and ConnectThe Invisible Leash: An Invisible String Story about the Loss of a PetThe Invisible Web: An Invisible String Story Celebrating Love and Universal ConnectionYou Are Never Alone: An Invisible String LullabyWith 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 RobbinsRead 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 ConnectThe Invisible Leash: An Invisible String Story About the Loss of a Pet​The Invisible Web: An Invisible String Story Celebrating Love and Universal ConnectionYou Are Never Alone: An Invisible String Lullaby

What if you discovered one day you did something that helped millions of people all over the world and changed their lives? Something so simple that it was recognised and understood by everyone in every country everywhere . . . and all it took was a kind gesture to get it started. Too good to be true? Then it's time for you to meet THE SMILE THAT WENT AROUND THE WORLD. In a modern world where emails and photos can be sent to the other side of the planet in seconds, where planes fly to far off countries everyday, where city pavements and streets are covered with millions of people going in millions of directions, it makes you realise just how easily a simple smile can actually go around the world. Here's an uplifting story of how one smile finds its way around the world, cheering up everyone along the way.What starts out as a simple gift, soon turns into a chain-reaction of smiles and kindness in this heart-warming story about a smile . . . that went around the world. Each smile sparks another and then another and another and another until one day, the young boy who first sent the smile on its way finds himself feeling sad. Before he knows it, that same special smile appears out of nowhere . . . when "he" needs it most.

Rediscover the wonder of God with this small but mighty book that reminds readers of all religions, spiritual paths, and faiths that we are not (and never have been!) alone.On the morning of November 11, 1995, Patrice Karst woke from a dream with the words "God Made Easy" appearing before her. From this unexpected moment comes a divinely inspired book that invites readers to rediscover the wonder of God.Millions of pages have been written and published about God, and the length and complexity of these pages can be overwhelming. In God Made Easy, originally published in 1997, bestselling author Patrice Karst (The Invisible String) uses simple, user-friendly language to invite readers of all religions, spiritual paths, and faiths (or those with no faith at all) to embrace the universal truth that God (called by many different names) is everywhere-eager to listen, ready to answer, and accessible to us all. This truth runs deep in Patrice's heart, and her warm, conversational style will appeal to those searching for answers beyond traditional religious dogma. With a beautiful full-color design and new introduction and author's note, this book is ideal for gift-giving or personal reflection-a small but mighty celebration of the Divine that readers can turn to again and again to remind themselves they are not (and never have been!) alone.

From the bestselling author of The Invisible String comes a timely and powerful story that teaches the secret to finding your own inner best friend forever!Ruby’s got a problem. At school and at home, everyone is so busy all the time, and no one seems to notice her at all. Ruby finds herself feeling kind of…lonely. But one day, while walking home alone after school, she decides to look at her problem from a new angle. She even gives it a name—Lonely—a seemingly small but significant decision that transforms her entire life in the most surprising and extraordinary way. Join Ruby as she discovers her inner best friend in this relatable and heartwarming story. A note from the author and discussion questions are included.