About My Gnome on the Roam®
Gustav is a garden gnome who longs to experience the world beyond his picket fence. Though he makes several attempts to explore, it is only with the help and love of an imaginative child that his dream becomes a reality.
If My Gnome on the Roam ® were an ordinary children’s book, the story would end there.
But the adventure is only beginning...
The Journey
Your very own customizable DIY gnome comes in his own home or suitcase along with his favorite things: a copy of My Gnome on the Roam bestselling book, a custom made journal full of pages to be filled and a magical pen. It’s an invitation for a lifetime of adventures designed to help you and your family explore and create, offering countless hours of fun and connection. Because life is about more than just reading stories - it’s about living them. You bring the color. We’ll bring the adventure.
How It Works
Adopt and Design Your GNome
Read the origin story
journal about your own adventures
create a lifetime of memories
Enjoy your adventures!
Our Compass
When people go on an adventure, they need some guidance to make sure they arrive at their destinations. Some folks use a map. But when the journey is to an unknown destination, we often need a compass to guide us. Our compass for My Gnome on the Roam is designed with our four directions.
Our North is Connection
Our East is Exploration
Our South is Creating
Our West is Contribution
Connect-we enter the world connected to another person. Throughout our lives, our greatest gifts and our biggest challenges come as we work to connect with other people and ideas. Successful connection helps us as we begin our journey and it is also the best way to end our journey. We want to help people find ways to connect with others, with ideas and with themselves.
Exploration-we learn best when we come to any experience with a beginners mind. It is the driving force behind humankind. We have been exploring since the dawn of time, because it is at the centre of everything we do. From the moment we are born, we learn through our experiences and we make better decisions as we make progress and mistakes.
Creating-we are born with creativity. Scientific studies show that 98% of children test as genius for creativity at age 3. By age 12, that number shrinks to 15%. The world needs us to create in order to progress, to solve problems, to create beauty. Every great achievement in history is the byproduct of creativity. It allows exploration and communication beyond the limitation of words.Albert Einstein listed imagination as the most powerful quality.
Contributions-we live our very best life when we are able to contribute to the world around us. Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience the joy of true fulfillment. It is the true measure of a life that has been well lived.
And while we’re at it:
We want our products to be truly eco-friendly. For us that means packaging is an important part of each product. We use as little plastic as possible. We take sustainably seriously and build it into our products wherever we can.
Inclusivity is so important. We want our products (books, gnomes,etc) to be loved and enjoyed by everyone. We want each adventurer to know they are welcome and included. We want to make sure that we bring the adventure while our community brings their own unique color. It’s called MY Gnome on the Roam for a reason. Each will be unique.