The Roller Home: A Story About Joy, Courage And Doing What Makes You Happy

A little girl once forgot what joy felt like.

Then, years later, she built a roller rink in her basement and found her way back.

The Roller Home is a beautifully illustrated children’s story about joy, courage, imagination, and creating the place you once needed—even when that place does not exist yet.

Inspired by the real basement roller rink author Diana Salvemini created while reconnecting with her own inner child, this heartfelt story follows the journey from simply dreaming of a joyful space to finding the courage to build it.

Filled with color, music, movement, sparkle, and possibility, The Roller Home reminds young readers that the things that make them feel most alive matter. It invites children to imagine freely, trust their ideas, and recognize that joy is not something they have to earn.

The book also creates an opening for meaningful conversations between children and the grown-ups who love them. Through family discussion questions, joy-centered activities, and creative prompts, readers are encouraged to explore where they feel safest, happiest, bravest, and most like themselves.

The Roller Home is for every child who needs permission to dream boldly—and every grown-up who is still finding their way back to the person they were before the world told them who to be.

Inside, readers will find:

• A vibrant, fully illustrated children’s story

• Themes of courage, creativity, belonging, and self-expression

• Family conversation questions

• Joy-centered reflection and imagination activities

• Space to dream up a Roller Home of their own

More than a story, The Roller Home is an invitation to build magic where you are.

Step inside. Joy is waiting.