Some options to add a grid of taxonomy pages. The first doesn’t include pageing the second requires adding a second post type to hold the pages.

// no pageing with this one
function jma_series_grid ($atts){  
	ob_start();
	extract( shortcode_atts( array(
		), $atts ) );
	$series_array = get_terms( 'series' );
	foreach ($series_array as $series) {//get values from add fields to tax plugin
		$series_im_array = get_tax_meta($series->term_id,'image_field_id');
		$series_text = get_tax_meta($series->term_id,'wysiwyg_field_id');
		$series_date = get_tax_meta($series->term_id,'date_field_ids');
		echo '<div class="grid-item col-sm-4 series-grid-item">';
		echo '<a href="';
		echo get_term_link( $series, 'series' );
		echo '">';
		echo wp_get_attachment_image( $series_im_array['id'], 'tb_grid');
		echo '</a>';
		echo '<h3 class="news-title"><a href="';
		echo get_term_link( $series, 'series' );
		echo '">';
		echo $series->name;
		echo '</a></h3>';
		echo '</div>';
		
	}
	// Reset the global $the_post as this query will have stomped on it
	wp_reset_postdata();
	$x = ob_get_contents();
	ob_end_clean();
	return $x;
}
add_shortcode('series_grid', 'jma_series_grid');
function jma_new_series_grid ($atts){  
	ob_start();
	extract( shortcode_atts( array(
		'post_type' => 'series_page',//default post type
		'tax' => false,//a comma seperated list of taxonomies
		), $atts ) );
	if($tax){
		$tax = explode(',', $tax);
		$tax_query = array(
						array(
							'taxonomy' => $post_type,
							'field'    => 'term_id',
							'terms'    => $tax,
						),
					);
	}else{
		$tax_query =null;
	}
	$args = array(
		'post_type' => $post_type,
		'tax_query' => $tax_query[0],
		'orderby' => 'name',
		'order' => 'ASC',
		'posts_per_page' => 2	
	);
	if ( get_query_var('paged') ) {//for pageing
		$args['paged'] = get_query_var('paged');
	} else if ( get_query_var('page') ) {
		$args['paged'] = get_query_var('page');
	} else {
		$args['paged'] = 1;
	}
	$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
	// The Loop
	if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
		while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
			$the_query->the_post();
			echo '<div class="grid-item col-sm-4 series-grid-item">';
			echo '<a href="';
			echo the_permalink();
			echo '">';
			echo the_post_thumbnail( 'tb_grid');
			echo '</a>';
			echo '<h3 class="news-title"><a href="';
			echo the_permalink();
			echo '">';
			echo the_title();
			echo '</a></h3>';
			echo '</div>';
		}
		echo '<div class="clear"></div>';
		echo themeblvd_pagination( $the_query->max_num_pages );
		$x = ob_get_contents();
		ob_end_clean();
		return $x;
	} else {
		echo 'sorry no results';// no posts found
	}
	/* Restore original Post Data */
	wp_reset_postdata();
	}
add_shortcode('new_series_grid', 'jma_new_series_grid');