The Invisible String
by Patrice Karst, illustrated by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff
Interest age: 1 to 10
Published by Little Brown & Company, 2018
About this book
Mum tells twins Liza and Jeremy that she is always with them, even when they can't see each other. But how? they ask. And Mum explains that they have an invisible string that's always connected to everyone they love. In fact, everyone in the world is connected by invisible strings - and no one is ever alone.
This beautiful book is incredibly uplifting. It begins with the love between mum and children, and expands to include the connections between friends, humans and pets, and even between people who've died and those left behind. Originally published in 2000, a note in the back explains how this book has been used over the years by many different individuals and organisations to guide, comfort and heal. It can offer a way to explain the abstract notion of love that even young children could understand. It might help with any separation anxiety, or loss. Gorgeous and moving.
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