Grace Beside Me is an Australian fantasy drama television series for children which premiered on NITV on 16 February 2018 and later aired on ABC Me.

The series is based on the novel Grace Beside Me, by Sue McPherson, and was filmed in the Scenic Rim Region in South East Queensland.

Set in the fictional country town of Laurel Dale, the series follows an Indigenous Australian teenager named Fuzzy Mac, who navigates her way through the social and personal issues of adolescence, while also being faced with the power of being able to communicate with spirits.

She lives in the small regional community of Laurel Dale with her eccentric grandparents, Nan and Pop, who strive to teach her about tradition and their ancestors.

Her grandmother guides her as she begins her journey as a seer, and encourages her to fulfill her role of looking after Lola's Forest, a sacred site in Laurel Dale, and all of the spirits living within.

Writer of the 2012 novel Grace Beside Me, Sue McPherson, and producers Lois Randall and Dena Curtis previously adapted the book into a short film, Nan and a Whole Lot of Trouble (2014),[4] supported by the First Nations departments of Screen Australia and the ABC, after Randall's company Magpie Pictures had optioned the book.

[6] The series, aimed at 8–12 year olds, was described as a combination of 21st-century issues and the inclusion of Aboriginal culture, as the protagonist, Fuzzy Mac, learns to find her place in the two different worlds.

[6][8] Production of the series was led by producers Lois Randall and Dena Curtis,[9] but it was a highly collaborative project.

Shari Sebbens participated in the first workshop for Grace Beside Me, and there was collaboration with traditional owners of Mununjali country, after the decision was taken to move the location of the story to Queensland.

[11] The original novel was written for a teenager audience, but the story was reworked to target a younger 8–12 year old demographic for the television series.

[13] Production for Grace Beside Me began in July 2017, being filmed over eleven weeks in the Scenic Rim Region in South East Queensland.

[9][10] Kyliric Masella was announced to be playing Fuzzy Mac, with Mairehau Grac and Tjiirdm McGuire as supporting characters Tui and Yar respectively.

After spending time with Grace, Fuzzy leads her lost classmates in navigating through Lola's Forest to return to the clearing.

Uncle Lefty expresses his desire for a clean slate and assigns Fuzzy the task of returning all of the belongings that he stole to their rightful owners.

When Fuzzy's family teases Tui about her crush on Jesse, Aunty Min recommends using a love spell to ignite their feelings.

Fuzzy notices a connection between her father and Miss Long, and casts the love spell to encourage a relationship between the pair.

Fuzzy reconnects with her mother's spirit, who tells her that the black mass is stealing Lola's energy to take a human form.

Mandy Nolan of website Mamamia praised the Indigenous Australian cast, stating "I want my white child to hear black stories".