Mellanie T. Grier smiling in glasses and a white, leaf-print top

Faith-centered author and speaker for the woman, the wife, the mama at the table, and every child she disciples.

The Mud & The Mirror: Amazon #1 New Release in Children's Inspirational Books

Books to open together

Written with two readers in mind: the child holding the pages, and the grown-up reading them out loud.

Cover of The Mud and The Mirror by Mellanie T. Grier
Available now

The Mud & The Mirror

"The mama reading it out loud is receiving something too."

A children's chapter book for the whole family, born from one question asked after baptism: what do we say now? The answer lives in these pages.

Ages 5-12Family read-aloudPost-baptism identity

Twenty percent of every sale goes toward placing this book in libraries and Little Free Libraries across the country.

Cover of God Made Me Brilliant, a Christian ABC affirmation coloring book
New release, available now

God Made Me Brilliant!

God made you on purpose. For a purpose. From A to Z.

A Christian ABC affirmation coloring and activity book. From Artist to Zoologist, every page declares: I can be a/an [occupation] because God made me brilliant.

Ages 5-1226 coloring pagesNLT scripturePuzzles

Still growing

For the woman doing the raising, and the homeschool mama building her rhythm.

  • Cover of Return to the Well by Mellanie T. Grier
    Coming soon

    Return to the Well

    A 60-day covenant reset for the woman ready to slow down, draw near to God, and be renewed from the inside out.

  • Cover of Tend the Soil, Sis by Mellanie T. Grier
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    Tend the Soil, Sis

    A faith-rooted growth journey for women ready to renew their minds, uproot old lies, and nurture what God is growing within them.

  • Cover of The Busy Mama's Pocket Guide to Homeschooling by Mellanie T. Grier
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    The Busy Mama's Pocket Guide to Homeschooling

    A practical, grace-filled guide for the mama building a homeschool rhythm in the middle of real life.

  • Cover of Made for This: Homeschool by Mellanie T. Grier
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    Made for This: Homeschool

    A faith-centered support guide to help Christian moms lead, teach, and nurture their children with clarity and confidence.

Same roof. Different rooms. Different screens. These books give families a reason to sit down, lean in, and meet God in the same moment.

They are not books to hand a child and walk away from. They are books to open together.

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Tending what God has given

Some people carry their testimony quietly. Mellanie T. Grier tends hers like a garden.

She is a faith-based author, speaker, and the founder of Tend the Soil Publishing, built on the conviction that the right book in the right family's hands is a generational investment.

A homeschooling mama of two in the Georgia foothills, she lives the work she writes about. She believes the same God who grows gardens grows people, and that faithfulness, not perfection, is the only soil worth working.

Gardening Fishing Crafting Homeschooling

"But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you."

Matthew 6:33, Mellanie's anchor scripture

Tending Thoughts

Notes on faith, identity, and homeschool life from Mellanie's blog.

  • Faith and identity

    What Do You Say After Your Child Gets Baptized?

    The question nobody prepares you for after your child comes up out of the water, and the book born from that sacred in-between.

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  • Homeschool and family

    You were not wrong for choosing this.

    For the mama who second-guesses herself every September. God led you here, layoff, vision board, and all.

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  • Faith and identity

    Ten Weeks of Summer. One Thing Worth Doing Together

    School is out and the days are stretching long. Before the world fills that space for your child, here is one thing worth doing together.

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Invite Me In

Mellanie brings the same warmth and conviction from the page into every room she enters, ready to speak truth that lands.

  • Church women's events and retreats
  • Homeschool co-ops and conferences
  • Family discipleship workshops
  • Christian author and publishing panels
  • Book club and library events

Prefer email? sayhi@mellaniegrier.com

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