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El Hilo Invisible (The Invisible String)

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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,... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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A Spanish edition of the accessible, bestselling picture book phenomenon, which has sold over 2 million copies around the world! Perfect for Spanish speakers in North America (a Castilan edition, El Lazo Invisible, is also available).

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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 según 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 Robbins

Lee todos los libros de la serie El Hilo Invisible en inglés:

  • The Invisible String
  • 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

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 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 Robbins

Read all the books in The Invisible String series:

  • The Invisible String
  • 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

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780316600842

Publisher: Little, Brown & Company

Format: Paperback / softback

Country: United States

Imprint: Little, Brown Young Readers

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 254.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 40

About the Author

Patrice Karst es la autora del clásico contemporáneo y éxito de ventas El Hilo Invisible (The Invisible String) , que ha vendido más de dos millones de ejemplares y ha sido traducido a veinte idiomas. Patrice también ha escrito otros seis libros de la serie The Invisible String, algunos de los cuales están disponibles en español. Además, es la autora de How Jackson Found His Joy Again, Ruby and Lonely, The Smile That Went Around the World y God Made Easy, una guía espiritual universal sobre Dios para adultos. Patrice ha tenido una misión durante toda su vida: extender el mensaje de que el amor trasciende al espacio y al tiempo y es la fuerza más poderosa del universo. Nació en Londres, Inglaterra, y ahora vive en Santa Bárbara, donde está trabajando en sus memorias. Es madre de un hijo adulto, Elijah. Te invita a descubrir más en patricekarst.com.

Joanne Lew-Vriethoff es la aclamada ilustradora de muchos libros infantiles, entre ellos la nueva edición de El Hilo Invisible, The Invisible String Family Celebration, The Invisible String Backpack, The Invisible Leash, The Invisible Web, You Are Never Alone: An Invisible String Lullaby y The Invisible String Workbook, además de Beautiful y Brave de Stacy McAnulty. Nació en Malasia, creció en Los Ángeles, estudió en el ArtCenter College of Design en Pasadena y ahora vive de nuevo en Malasia. Te invita a descubrir su arte en joannelewvriethoff.com.


Patrice Karst is the author of the bestselling, contemporary classic The Invisible String, which has sold over 2 million copies and been translated into twenty languages. Patrice has also written The Invisible String Family Celebration: A Reimagining of The Invisible String;The Invisible String Backpack, The Invisible Leash: An Invisible String Story Celebrating Love After the Loss of a Pet, The Invisible Web: An Invisible String Story Celebrating Love and Our Universal Connection, You Are Never Alone: An Invisible String Lullaby, The Invisible String Workbook: Creative Activities to Comfort, Calm and Connect, a therapeutic activity book co-written with Dana Wyss, Ph.D. She has also written How Jackson Found his Joy Again,Ruby and Lonely, The Smile that Went Around the World, and God Made Easy, a universal spiritual guide to God for adults. Patrice has been on a lifelong mission to spread the message that love transcends time and space and is the most powerful force in the universe. Born in London, England, she now lives in Santa Barbara where she is working on her memoir and is the mother of one grown son, Elijah. She invites you to learn more at www.patricekarst.com.

Joanne Lew-Vriethoff is the acclaimed illustrator of many children's books, including the new edition of The Invisible String, The Invisible Leash, The Invisible Web, You Are Never Alone: An Invisible String Lullaby, and the Invisible String Workbook, as well as Stacy McAnulty's Beautiful and Brave. Born in Malaysia, she grew up in Los Angeles, studied at the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, and now lives in Malaysia again. Her website is joannelewvriethoff.com.

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