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The Grolier Treasure Chest is a set of books about Ariel and her friends Sebastian, Flounder, Flounder's sister Sandy, Scuttle, and Scales the dragon, living together at an island. It looks like this series was meant to be a tie-in with the proposed Little Mermaid's Island TV series by Jim Henson. There were 24 books in all, and they're arranged on these pages in alphabetical order.

How Does Your Garden Grow?

Sandy and Flounder discover a beautiful underwater garden, but before they can share it with the rest of their friends, spoilsports Flotsam and Jetsam sabotage the place. It's up to the gang to help plant the garden again, with Sandy being the most passionate for it.


The Magic Melody

Ursula has a new plan to get her hands on the trident, which is to hypnotize Ariel using an enchanted music box, and then order the brainwashed Ariel to collect the trident for her. It would've worked, too, if it weren't for that meddling crab.


Paradise Island

Ariel's feeling a little bored with life on the island and seeks something exciting. She sends out a message in a bottle in the hopes of befriending someone new and, to her surprise, someone replies! Ariel is excited about it, but Sebastian is cautious, and for good reason.


Scared Silly

One night Sebastian tells a story that is so scary that it has the rest of the gang jumping at shadows. Separately, the friends bemoan Sebastian's awesome storytelling skills and wish to exact revenge, so that Sebastian will have a taste of his own medicine.


Scuttle's Final Flight

When Scuttle crashes during a flight, he loses confidence and blithely avoids having to fly at all. His friends notice soon enough and try their best to give Scuttle opportunities to fly and restore his confidence.


A Slippery Deck

The gang get ahold of a deck of cards and have a wonderful time playing games together. While that's great, Ariel notices something strange: sometimes Sebastian drops all of his cards and has to re-gather them, and after that happens, he always wins. Ariel voices her suspicions to the others, who start to think that Sebastian may be cheating.


An Undersea Wish

There's a legend that whoever sees the rare undersea flower flaminia bloom gets one wish. Flounder believes this legend whole-heartedly and has been making plans to go to the flaminia and collect his wish, but unfortunately Ursula has the same idea.


Whistles and Doubloons

There's a bit of skill-envy going around the island, what with Scales being envious of Sebastian's skill at tiddlywinks, and Ariel is envious of Scuttle's ability to whistle. The solution for Scales and Ariel is of course to learn from Scuttle, who offers to teach both. But it turns out that teaching itself is an exhausting endeavour.


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