Tina & Tilly · for girls 9 to 14

For girls with big feelings and busy minds.

A gentle, faith-filled, screen-free way to help your daughter calm down, focus, and grow. Drawn by a real teen, for real girls.

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Screen-free at heart Faith woven in, never preachy
Color illustration of Tina with twin ponytails and a star track jacket
Tina
Color illustration of Tilly in a cozy tiger-stripe hoodie
Tilly

Drawn by a real teen, not a computer.

Coming soon The stories

Tina & Tilly

A story journal for middle-school girls, starting with the first day of a brand-new school.

Meet the girls
The free calm app

Busy Brain

Free calm sounds for when your brain gets loud and won't switch off. Press play, be still, then open your journal.

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Try it tonight

Free: the Tina & Tilly Day 1

Print-at-home sample pages to try with your daughter tonight. No email needed.

Read the free Day 1

Busy Brain

When the day gets big, start here.

Press play, close your eyes, and breathe with the sound. It is short, and it ends. Then she gives the big feeling to God and opens her journal. The screen turns itself off in her hand.

  1. Press play
  2. Close your eyes and breathe
  3. Open your journal
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Meet the girls

Two friends, two different busy minds.

Tina and Tilly are starting middle school. One talks when she is nervous. One goes quiet. Both are learning to use their GIFTS, with God's help.

Color illustration of Tina with twin ponytails and a star track jacket

Tina the spark

Bright, fast, and kind. Her mind has forty windows open at once. She is learning to focus on one small thing, and to give her worries to God.

Color illustration of Tilly in a cozy tiger-stripe hoodie

Tilly the anchor

Quiet, thoughtful, and brave in her own way. She is learning that God made the real her on purpose, and that she is worth letting out.

Take a peek inside.

From a real girl's sketchbook

Jolie drew them first.

Dee's daughter Jolie dreamed up Tina and Tilly in pencil. Here is the fun part: her sketch, then the same character brought into color.

Tina
Jolie's original pencil sketch of Tina
Jolie's sketch
Tina brought into color
In color
Tilly
Jolie's original pencil sketch of Tilly
Jolie's sketch
Tilly brought into color
In color

Drawn by a real teen, not a computer. Jolie sketched Tina and Tilly when she was 14. She is 15 now, and she is the illustrator of the books. The color is just a quick preview while we build. The art is hers.

The heart of it

A small daily habit, with God in it.

Each day she reads a short story, makes a choice, tries one small thing, then writes or doodles. No screens. No nagging. The habit is called GIFTS.

The GIFTS habit

five small steps, two minutes a day
  • Give it to God.When a feeling gets too big, hand it to Him.
  • Imagine the good.Pray, ask for help, and picture the good God can do.
  • Focus.Be still and pick one small thing. (This is Busy Brain.)
  • Thank.Thank God, and the people who help.
  • Share.Share kindness. Include someone, help, go first.
The habit she practices grows the girl she becomes

She grows into a GIRL

The four outcomes, the kind of girl she becomes.

  • GratefulShe finds the good.
  • IntelligentShe makes wise choices.
  • ResponsibleShe gets organized and gets it done.
  • LovingShe is kind to others.

For grown-ups

Made for the mom who is "done" by bedtime.

If your daughter melts down, overthinks, or shuts down, this gives her a calm, faith-filled, screen-free way to handle it. Especially helpful for girls who struggle with attention, anxiety, friendship, big feelings, or feeling different.

  • No new subscription, no app to download.
  • Screen-free practice, with a calm doorway to start.
  • Faith woven in gently, never preachy.
  • Educational entertainment, not therapy.

More questions? The For Parents page has the heart behind it. Our story has the rest.