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Welcome to a brand-new week families are getting there children ready to return to school. Before Charlie and I head out on our nature walk this morning we wanted to share a new book with you. The book will be inside our Back to School Gift Guide: The Invisible String By Patrice Karst and Illustrated by Joanne Lew Vriethoff in exchange for this review. Inside this post is my affiliate links. If you click on the links and make a purchase I will make a small percentage from the items you purchase.
For our family this Summer has been the Summer from HE….. Usually, Charlie gets to spend a lot of time with my niece Lily and Jason. I hate to let you know this Summer we haven’t had the opportunity to see Lily or Jason.
Charlie and I’ve been staying home more and haven’t even seen my sister that much. This does get lonely at times and Charlie and I’ve been bored but its a lot less DRAMA and that is a Godsend. Charlie and I’ve spent more time reading and spending one-on-one time together which is amazing because being 16 almost 17 soon Charlie will be working and he will not be home.
Charlie and I visited out local Library to go get a library card so I always have something to read and so does Charlie. Then we also joined NRH Center then Charlie can play Basketball and I will be able to walk in the Swimming Pool Would you like to go with us?
Charlie and I signed up for the summer Reading program and visited our Senior Center and will be volunteering there. Charlie is going to set up a Reading Time here in the Apartment complex for the little children. The first book Charlie plans on reading to the children is The Invisible String. .Would you like to join us for reading time and if things goes well Craft Time?
I asked Charlie why he choose The Invisible String as the first book to read to the kids and Charlie said the storyline and illustrations would ease the children’s fears of being around new people. Charlie also let me know they would like the cover of the book with the pink heart which they are treating like a kite.
For a craft Charlie is going to ask each child to bring construction paper and a piece of string to make a kit out of. Charlie is going to write a note letting them know how to contact Charlie if they get scared or need a friend.
Charlie also let me know he would like to purchase a copy of The Invisible String to donate to his kindergarten teacher to read to her students and if we can find he. Then Charlie wants to look for his Vice Principal to donate the book to for Mr. Weimann to share with the students in his school.
As we read The Invisible Sting the more Charlie and I loved how the mom tells the children they are all connected by a invisible string keeping us connected no, mater where someone is. Charlie also thought it was fun to find out Liza and Jeremy where twins. Charlie said he wished he had a twin. How about you?
it began to rain and it work the children up. They were scared and ran to there mom just as Charlie used to do when he was little and at times still does. Mom reminded the children about the string of love and then they weren’t afraid to go back to bed.
Mom reminded the kids and even there pets have a string of love which Charlie thought was cool. Then the Author shows us all the places we could go that the string would reach. I love his the story teaches a lesson not only children need to know about but adults as well.
About:
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. 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.
“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 Robbins
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
About the Author
Patrice Karst is the author of the bestselling, contemporary classic children’s (and adults’!) book The Invisible String, which has sold over 1.5 million copies and been translated into fifteen languages. It is the story of the String (made out of love!) that connects us all.
The Invisible String book series offers children a tangible understanding of love and teaches the world about the String that “even though you can’t see it with your eyes, you can feel it in your heart and know that you are always connected to everyone you love.”
In addition to being shared by all ages as a gift for many of life’s milestone moments, it is also being used by schools, psychologists, hospices, grief groups, the military, hospitals, prison systems and countless organizations worldwide for any kind of loss or separation issues.
A leading title for healing, comfort, celebrations, bereavement and counseling of children and their families since its original publication in 2000, The Invisible String continues to soar because of its timeless message.
Patrice has been on a lifelong mission to share the message that this energy called love transcends time and space and is the most powerful force in all the universe.
Patrice has also written The Invisible Leash: An Invisible String Story Celebrating Love After the Loss of a Pet, The Invisible String Workbook: Creative Activities to Comfort, Calm and Connect, a therapeutic activity book co-written with Dana Wyss, Ph.D., The Invisible Web: An Invisible String Story Celebrating Love and Our Universal Connection, You Are Never Alone: An Invisible String Lullaby, The Smile that Went Around the World, The Invisible String Backpack and Ruby and Lonely.
Born in London, England, Patrice moved to the United States as a child, where she spent many a night pondering the meaning of life under the canopy of Stars, and has been on a fascinating creative and spiritual journey ever since.
The single mother of Elijah (now grown) lives near the beach in Ventura, California, where she is currently writing her memoir (and what a wild ride it has been!), working on more stories, and still gazing up in wonder at starry nights.
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Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
