I was quite enjoying this book. The story is about a child who is playing outside and gets “caught”. They realize it’s their inner voice that is invisible trap. They have worked themself up making something small like a snagged shoelace, bigger than it is. I really like the message in the book. However, I do not like the hidden religion. He was up in the tree and hears voice that basically tells him to calm down, and you’ll see the solution, and I read that as the internal voice, but further into the Story it says his father’s voice was with him, but the father was never introduced in this book. The reason I say this is hidden religion is his father and the way it’s worded with have faith in your father and faith in his plans that he’s always with you, and that he’s an expert who always intervenes. This could mean the real father and young readers may take it that way, but this reader sees it as hidden religion and that throws the rest of the story off.

The boy is a terror in the house, so his Mom sends him outside.
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He runs around outside having fun, and finally decides to climb a tree. He gets in trouble. His shoelace is caught on a branch and he can't get it loose. Then he starts hearing advice that he doesn't know who is saying it.

Soon he has calmed down enough to get his laces undone. He's also learned a lesson.

His mother is happy to see him again...

A brattish kid gets told to go out and play by his mum, so he climbs a tree and then thinks he's stuck, resulting in the voice of God to get his thinking right. The artwork is inconsistent, the rhymes can certainly be better – even if the rhythm of the verse narrative is strong throughout – and you don't need to be a cynical adult to see the flaws in both the narrative and how it's presented. How is was not presented to me before downloading for review is the religious text it actually is, so buyer beware.

This was a cute story. Its a great story for kids to learn how to deal with certain emotions. This book is like "I can do it" book and it's great. Children will love the story and also talk about it. Hope to read more from this amazing author.

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I thought this was a sweet book and enjoyed the theme of overcoming anxiety and fear. For the most part, I liked how the rhymes flowed but there were a few that didn’t seem quite right to me and got stuck as I was reading. There were a few parts where the book seemed to get a bit wordy and I lost interest so this book probably wouldn’t be the best for very young children. Overall, I enjoyed it though.

Though the message of the story is good, I had a hard time concentrating on some parts. I thought the illustrations were colorful and appealing. This book is in rhyme form so it flows smoothly. It centers on a little boy who has pent up energy and Mom sends him outside to get rid of it. He then goes and decides to climb a tree and gets stuck in the tree. It goes on to tell how he gets frustrated and sad and how it is handled.

Well written, but didn’t necessarily hold my attention. I didn’t love that it made it seem like the mother was wishing to be rid of her child, though I understand it wasn’t meant to come across that way it felt a bit harsh.

This was such a cute book about anxiety and how to handle it through God and prayer. The rhymes were very sweet! I think it would be better geared towards older children because of the bigger words. My little 2 year old buddy lost interest about halfway through because it was too complicated for her.

The Invisible Trap uses a young boy getting stuck to convey feelings of anxiety and how we can use the Lord to work through these feelings. I read the book to my 4 year old and he thought it was cute and liked the rhyming but I think the message went a little over his head. I really liked how the book addressed being scared/anxious and seeing the problem as bigger then it is. I have another child who struggles with these feelings and I think this story can really help her and other kids work through those big emotions while leaning on their religion as well.