After his wife is lost to a pirate ship, King Triton of the merpeople outlaws music in the kingdom, but his youngest daughter Ariel finds joy in music at an underground nightclub and sings against her father's wishes.

Read along with Disney! When Ariel was a very young mermaid, King Triton banned all music beneath the sea. What happens when King Triton learns of his daughter's secret music club? Follow along with the word for word narration to find out!

Ariel is fascinated with life on land. On one of her visits above the surface, she meets a human prince and falls in love. Determined to be with her true love, she makes a risky deal with an evil sea witch and trades her voice for legs. Ariel embarks on the adventure of a lifetime, but soon finds that the fate of her father's kingdom is in her hands. This storybook includes beautiful, full-color art in the style of the beloved film, The Little Mermaid.

FIND OUT what life was like for a young Ariel long before she ever met Prince Eric in this deluxe coloring book based on Disney’s brand-new direct-to-DVD movie, The Little Mermaid III: Ariel’s Beginning.

A mermaid princess makes a Faustian bargain with an unscrupulous sea-witch in order to meet a human prince on land.