THE INVISIBLE STRING Hardcover – September 1, 2000

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 daughter’s class for her birthday, and it was an absolute hit! The children were engaged and excited to share their own “invisible strings,” 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 story’s 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. It’s a timeless and invaluable addition to any home or classroom library!

I got this book because my mom passed away and I wanted to explain to my 2 year old that Grammy is gone, but also always with us. For that purpose the book is excellent! I think 2 is probably still a bit young for these concepts, but I'm glad I'm introducing them to her now. I think the book is probably perfect for kids 4 and up.However, I am also a single parent with primary custody. She only sees her dad once a week. This book is amazing for kids who live apart from a parent. Frankly, it's better than most books targeted to divorce! Just because someone is absent doesn't mean they love you any less. Brilliantly done!!I would give this 10 stars. It's in our top book rotation for story time.And I would gift this to any single mom I know.

I got this book along with “two homes” to help my then 4 and 2 year old children cope with our family situation. It had been a life saver when we have to be apart for all kinds of reasons not just them staying with their dad. I can’t recommend this enough, they’re now 9 and 7 and still read it at least weekly.

This is such a great book for older, toddlers and young kids. I love the message and how it can be related to several different people that are either currently or were in their life.

what a delightful book!The story takes you on a journey around the neighborhood and around the world. Very fun!

This was recommended to us by a therapist after a loss in the family. It is a great way to open the conversation on how the people we love are always with us. It was a step in the healing process for us, one that I'm sure we will use over and over.

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.

A lovely book for trying struggling with separation from their families, a nice reminder we are connected even if we are apart!