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The Invisible Web: A Story Celebrating Love and Universal Connection
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.
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.
32 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 5, 2020
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About the author
Patrice Karst
29 books53 followersPatrice 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 seventeen 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 String Backpack, Ruby and Lonely, 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 and The Smile that Went Around the World.
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.
Patrice loves to hear from her readers! To find out more or to contact Patrice, go to www.patricekarst.com.
If you reach out--she promises to reach back!
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 String Backpack, Ruby and Lonely, 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 and The Smile that Went Around the World.
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.
Patrice loves to hear from her readers! To find out more or to contact Patrice, go to www.patricekarst.com.
If you reach out--she promises to reach back!
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March 4, 2024
با معرفی و توصیه دوستی خیلی ناگهانی و بیمقدمه رفتم سراغش.
مفهومی که سعی داره منتقل کنه خیلی قشنگ و لطیفه و اگر کسی درکش کنه نگرش خاص و متفاوتی پیدا میکنه
اما نمیدونم در سادهسازی این مفهوم برای کودک چقدر خوب عمل کرده، من احساس کردم کمی ناموفق بوده در این زمینه و هنوز برای کودک سخت و کمینامفهومه.
مفهومی که سعی داره منتقل کنه خیلی قشنگ و لطیفه و اگر کسی درکش کنه نگرش خاص و متفاوتی پیدا میکنه
اما نمیدونم در سادهسازی این مفهوم برای کودک چقدر خوب عمل کرده، من احساس کردم کمی ناموفق بوده در این زمینه و هنوز برای کودک سخت و کمینامفهومه.
November 12, 2021
This beautiful book is a companion to THE INVISIBLE STRING. It is about how all life is connected to each other. This is written and expressed so that it resonates with all of us. The dedication is to "the REAL worldwide web." I love that!
June 26, 2022
I bought this to add to our library as part of our wellbeing collection.
I like the way it delves into the connectivity of everyone, past, present and future.
I especially like that it looks to create peace and harmony and shows this from a personal, local and world wide perspective.
It would be a great talking point for our older readers to look at the similarities and differences of the invisible strings and the world wide web of social media.
I like the way it delves into the connectivity of everyone, past, present and future.
I especially like that it looks to create peace and harmony and shows this from a personal, local and world wide perspective.
It would be a great talking point for our older readers to look at the similarities and differences of the invisible strings and the world wide web of social media.
August 7, 2020
Loved the illustrations. Loved the message of connection
July 28, 2021
This book is similar to The Invisible String, but on a bit of a grander scale. They need to play this on loudspeakers across the world during this COVID era as it reminds us that we are all in the world together and that we need to be kind to each other. It would make an excellent gift.
January 16, 2022
So, with Children's picture books I feel there is 3 main components to look at. I will be listing them here and from now on with any other children's book reviews (as this is the first one I am officially reviewing).
The first is story, then it's illustrations, then it's message. I usually look at all of these and make a rating based on all three combined. It's not really a science, because sometimes two categories can get a 3 stars but one can get a 5 stars and make up for the other two.
With that said let's get into it!
1) Story
The story was not the greatest overall in my opinion. It was an amazing idea but it didn't flow easily for me. I feel like the author could have re-ordered some of the events to make it easier to follow. All the small stories within the picture book were nice but just altering a bit the structure could have helped the overall enjoyment in my opinion. I also wasn't a fan of the writing style? This could be a personal preference but with books of this type usually the lyrical yet simple prose is what makes me resonate with the story but this prose seemed to be attempting this but not quite reaching it for me. It could be the writing style itself, or as some other reviews mentioned that it was too heavy handed and direct, more like someone was teaching you a history lesson and less like reading a story.
Now, these are all things that I see as someone who is a writer. I think most people will not really care about any of the things above as it is not evident enough to pull you out of the story or to be very jarring while reading. I think kids certainly would not pick up on it.
The story was also a bit confusing to me, as an adult I understood when I stopped to re-read what the author was eluding to but I am not sure kids would? There was a few lines with very clear cut messages that I think might make kids go "oh, now I get it" but otherwise some of the larger concepts I feel might have worked better if phrased differently in order for it to be more accessible for kids. Saying that, the author did mention it's for people of all ages so maybe it was intentional to make some things more complex to understand for the adults reading it?
2) Illustrations
The illustrations where amazing all around! Beautiful use of color, great use of space (one illustration was even vertical! The illustrator also included a lot of diversity and to be honest the illustrations allowed me to better understand the stories message. It made up some for what the words were lacking.
3) Message
The message was also amazing. Overall I got what the author was getting at and I love what she was trying to share to others. I also agree with her message that we are all connected. However, unfortunately the execution was lacking for me as I mentioned in the "story" section.
So with all of this said, this is why my rating is 3.5. The message and illustrations were amazing but the writing and story structure was lacking for me.
If you have a chance to read it I do think you should! But for me this is not one I would buy full price.
For full review click here: https://www.mayalemaire.com/post/book...
The first is story, then it's illustrations, then it's message. I usually look at all of these and make a rating based on all three combined. It's not really a science, because sometimes two categories can get a 3 stars but one can get a 5 stars and make up for the other two.
With that said let's get into it!
1) Story
The story was not the greatest overall in my opinion. It was an amazing idea but it didn't flow easily for me. I feel like the author could have re-ordered some of the events to make it easier to follow. All the small stories within the picture book were nice but just altering a bit the structure could have helped the overall enjoyment in my opinion. I also wasn't a fan of the writing style? This could be a personal preference but with books of this type usually the lyrical yet simple prose is what makes me resonate with the story but this prose seemed to be attempting this but not quite reaching it for me. It could be the writing style itself, or as some other reviews mentioned that it was too heavy handed and direct, more like someone was teaching you a history lesson and less like reading a story.
Now, these are all things that I see as someone who is a writer. I think most people will not really care about any of the things above as it is not evident enough to pull you out of the story or to be very jarring while reading. I think kids certainly would not pick up on it.
The story was also a bit confusing to me, as an adult I understood when I stopped to re-read what the author was eluding to but I am not sure kids would? There was a few lines with very clear cut messages that I think might make kids go "oh, now I get it" but otherwise some of the larger concepts I feel might have worked better if phrased differently in order for it to be more accessible for kids. Saying that, the author did mention it's for people of all ages so maybe it was intentional to make some things more complex to understand for the adults reading it?
2) Illustrations
The illustrations where amazing all around! Beautiful use of color, great use of space (one illustration was even vertical! The illustrator also included a lot of diversity and to be honest the illustrations allowed me to better understand the stories message. It made up some for what the words were lacking.
3) Message
The message was also amazing. Overall I got what the author was getting at and I love what she was trying to share to others. I also agree with her message that we are all connected. However, unfortunately the execution was lacking for me as I mentioned in the "story" section.
So with all of this said, this is why my rating is 3.5. The message and illustrations were amazing but the writing and story structure was lacking for me.
If you have a chance to read it I do think you should! But for me this is not one I would buy full price.
For full review click here: https://www.mayalemaire.com/post/book...
August 22, 2020
Full Review on thegraduatedbookworm.com
First I would like to thank Hachette Book Group Canada for sending me a copy in exchange for an honest review!
The was definitely a beautiful story about how we are all connected in some way or another. I just feel like this would be a great group reading to a class or your kids. It's super cute, the illustrations are amazing and so beautifully created, I honestly don't even know what else to say!
It also explains that even if we're not blood related, we are all related in some way or another, and there's nothing better than having a great big family of people who love one another for who they are!
Overall, this is a great children's novel and I totally recommend grabbing this for your kids or classroom!
First I would like to thank Hachette Book Group Canada for sending me a copy in exchange for an honest review!
The was definitely a beautiful story about how we are all connected in some way or another. I just feel like this would be a great group reading to a class or your kids. It's super cute, the illustrations are amazing and so beautifully created, I honestly don't even know what else to say!
It also explains that even if we're not blood related, we are all related in some way or another, and there's nothing better than having a great big family of people who love one another for who they are!
Overall, this is a great children's novel and I totally recommend grabbing this for your kids or classroom!
May 12, 2021
This was a beautiful story about everyone being connected to the ones they love even if they are unable to see them. This book could be a great way to explain to kid what it means when people say that your loved ones are always connected to you even when they are gone. I love how the web is illustrated and the way the birds interact with it. I love how there is not one main character. Everyone, of different shapes and sizes, and everything is represented. I really loved the part about how even if we're not blood related, we are all related in some way to one another. There is nothing better than having a big family of people who love one another for who they are! I would not use this book in the classroom but I would gift it or read it to my own little one, one day.
September 23, 2020
With illustrations in the style of Alison McGhee & Peter Reynolds, this pretty, feel-good book could bring a tear to your eye. I'm not familiar with her other work (The Invisible String, obviously related) but the interconnectedness of humans to each other and the earth is a topic that needs continual exploring, and I am thankful for this charming little book.
For a meaningful story time, read this with "Something Happened In Our Town" about racial injustice or pair it with "Grandpa's Top Threes" "Be Kind" "The Invisible Boy" or "How Full Is Your Bucket" to really help a suffering child feel connection and healing and hope.
For a meaningful story time, read this with "Something Happened In Our Town" about racial injustice or pair it with "Grandpa's Top Threes" "Be Kind" "The Invisible Boy" or "How Full Is Your Bucket" to really help a suffering child feel connection and healing and hope.
January 24, 2025
Valla, açıkçası bu kitap Amazon'dan uygun bir fiyata almasaydım üzülürdüm. Kitabın fiyatı Can Yayınları'nın kendi sitesinde 200 lira yakın ama Amazon'da 80 lira. Ben Haziran 2023'te 93 liraya almışım.
Kitabın insanlar arasında var olan ve güçlendiğinde durdurulmaz olan sevgi bağlı ile ilgili verdiği mesaj kulağa çok hoş geliyor ama okul öncesi çocuklar için bu fazlasıyla soyut. Herhangi bir olay örgüsü içermeden bir şiirsel anlatımla devam edip gittiği için de bence bir ilkokul öğrencisinde bile kalıcı olması son derece zor. Eğer çocuğunuz olay örgüsü içermeyen, öyküsel olmayan anlatımları sevmiyorsa bence bu ekonomide bu kitaba bu kadar para vermeye gerek yok.
Kitabın insanlar arasında var olan ve güçlendiğinde durdurulmaz olan sevgi bağlı ile ilgili verdiği mesaj kulağa çok hoş geliyor ama okul öncesi çocuklar için bu fazlasıyla soyut. Herhangi bir olay örgüsü içermeden bir şiirsel anlatımla devam edip gittiği için de bence bir ilkokul öğrencisinde bile kalıcı olması son derece zor. Eğer çocuğunuz olay örgüsü içermeyen, öyküsel olmayan anlatımları sevmiyorsa bence bu ekonomide bu kitaba bu kadar para vermeye gerek yok.
June 15, 2020
A beautifully written and illustrated story about how we are all connected and the ways those connections impact the world/those around us. I love how the web is illustrated and the way the birds interact with it (I think this helps the littles understand it better). There isn't one main character but instead a perfect rainbow of characters represented. Depending on how attentive your story time group is would determine if this book would keep attention. Honestly I think this book would be best as a gift from family/friends who live far away, or for a little who just lost a loved one.
March 4, 2022
Somewhat different than the invisible string, that emphasizes how each of us are individually connected to those we love and have loved, this book emphasizes how that love connects the whole world, and how ways that we hurt each other and cut each other down "tangles" that web, but we can untangle it by increasing the kindness and love we show one another. It's similar to the "bucket filling" idea, but I feel like that idea is somewhat easier for kids to grasp.
December 21, 2024
Colorful illustrations. Giving form to the invisible string will be helpful for some kids, but the illustration is at times quite busy.
The writing and a few clunky transitions make the messaging convoluted. Vague urgency (“the time is now!”) appears a couple of times but it’s a little light in explanation for why it’s there or what concrete actions can be take. Said urgency could make this book a tougher bedtime read for parents and caregivers.
The writing and a few clunky transitions make the messaging convoluted. Vague urgency (“the time is now!”) appears a couple of times but it’s a little light in explanation for why it’s there or what concrete actions can be take. Said urgency could make this book a tougher bedtime read for parents and caregivers.
March 16, 2020
This was such a beautiful story. The illustrations were gorgeous. This is also a companion to The Invisible String and The Invisible Leash and I loved The Invisible Leash.
A story about how we're all connected by an invisible web. Even though we may not be near our loved ones, we are always connected.
Thank you Hachettw Book Group for this arc in exchange for an honeat review.
A story about how we're all connected by an invisible web. Even though we may not be near our loved ones, we are always connected.
Thank you Hachettw Book Group for this arc in exchange for an honeat review.
October 28, 2023
ادامه کتاب نخ نامرئی یا طناب نامرئی. در این کتاب نویسنده نشان داده که نه تنها ما با افرادی که دوست داریم با نخی نامرئی وصل هستیم بلکه همه موجودات جهان هم با همین نخهای نامرئی به هم متصل هستند و این نخها یک شبکه نامرئی به وجود میآورند که همه جهانیان و موجودات زنده را به هم مرتبط میکند. به نظرم مناسب بالای شش هفت سال است.
February 12, 2025
Beautiful story with gorgeous illustrations and a necessary message. A few parts reach a bit too far to effectively support the main message and end up losing or confusing kids more than is necessary. Would be three stars except that the message is SO important and the good parts tell it so well that it still gets the message across.
October 9, 2025
An expression of the idea that all life on earth is interconnected to each other. We can make the world a better place, lift the burdens others feel, remind others of their worth, and feel that support and connection in return. I love the concept that this “web” includes people who have ever lived on earth, including dear family now departed.
April 25, 2020
Another beautiful children's book by Karst! It shares the important message of the connection we are share, and the love we should give to the people that surround us. The illustrations are incredible as always! I adore it.
June 18, 2020
An interesting take and look at how each and everything is connected in the universe. As the story explores how things are one, it also reveals what happens when people become selfish, and what the effects and outcomes reveal.
April 16, 2020
A beautiful book but it seems especially perfect for this time when we need each other more than ever!
May 7, 2020
BEAUTIFUL Message
June 6, 2020
4.5 stars
June 15, 2020
Powerful Message
A lovely story supported by truly beautiful illustrations ... a very necessary message at this point in our history ☺️
A lovely story supported by truly beautiful illustrations ... a very necessary message at this point in our history ☺️
July 12, 2020
Good book about the invisible link between all of us.
Why we should treat everyone equal
Why we should treat everyone equal
August 2, 2020
What a great book to discuss connectedness, loss, and feeling left out for kids of all ages. This is a good book to use in morning circles. I can't wait to introduce this book to my students.
August 22, 2020
I like the concept and appreciate the diverse group of people represented, but the content felt hokey and too simplistic.
August 26, 2020
Pretty illustrations and a heartfelt message about love and connectivity, but the wording was somewhat confusing.
September 20, 2020
And I am connected to you!
October 10, 2020
Too heavy-handed.
February 2, 2021
I liked the idea behind it. And I liked the art. But overall it came across as too hokey.
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