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The princesses get to teach others in this "Step into Reading" junior reader book.

This "Step into Reading" book has the various princesses celebrating spring in their various ways. Atlantica has a concert and Ariel enjoys the flowers.

Another seasonal "Step into Reading" junior reader book where the princesses experience winter, and Atlantica has their own celebration.

In this "Step into Reading" book for younger readers they show glimpses of various princesses' weddings.

This junior picturebook with interactive flaps shows Christmas celebrated by the various princesses.

In this "Step into Reading" book the various princesses interact with puppies.

The princesses go on various travels in this "Step into Reading" book, some near and some far, and in Ariel's case her travels are on land.

The princesses get up to baking for their various loved ones or occasions in this "Step into Reading" book, and Ariel's interest is in making a birthday cake for Eric.

There are many DK guide books, and this one for the princess films, with content for younger readers. The characters get simple, straightforward descriptions, yet there's quite a bit of care put into its listing out the "obvious" details of the film, and it's nice that it's all accurate! (You'd think that that would be easy, but I've seen Ariel's sisters misnamed one-too-many times.) There have been multiple versions of this book, and below is from the 2014 version.

Various princess receive and respond to "letters" written to them in-character in this junior picturebook.

As Easter approaches the different princesses show what their activities for the occasion.

This junior picturebook has the princesses show the ways that they care for their friends.

This princess-focused junior readers book features pages of various princess character moments interspersed with "tips" on how to be a princess.

Another of those huge DK visual guide books for collectors about the massive film canon, featuring more little trivia bits sprinkled here and there. The Little Mermaid gets a page, and the film's characters are mentioned on two other pages. There have been a few different versions over the years, and these are pages of the 2015 version.

The princesses get a joke book filled with some groan-making puns, and below are the Ariel-related pages.

This pleasantly thick tome showcases the many and varied villains in the animated film canon, featuring anecdotes and artwork relating to each. Ursula has a four-page spread for her, plus she and her sidekicks are mentioned in a few other pages.

This junior picturebook has the various princesses showing their activities for autumn, and Ariel does dress-up.

There have been encylopedias of the characters of the animated canon before, but this one, although updated all the way to Moana and contains cool tidbits here and there, is surprisingly basic and in places just plain incomplete. Same holds true for its pages for The Little Mermaid, with some minor named characters not included at all. This book has been updated and rereleased a few times I think, but these scans are from the 2017 version.

This "Step into Reading" junior reader book celebrates various princesses' relationships with their fathers.

This supersized book looks "inside" various classic castles, including Triton's underwater palace. The book includes familiar rooms from the films as well as some new ones.

This villains book has a four-page spread on Ursula, and aside from the usual listing out of some of her traits, tries something different with a chatlog between Ursula and her eels Flotsam and Jetsam that summarizes the film in their words.