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As far as I can tell, this short-lived magazine ran for a handful of issues in the early 90s. Below are scans of some of the pages the premiere issue, which is the only one I have.

This coffee table book contains poems and short stories of the various princesses, including Ariel.

This villains-focused coffee table book is a companion to "The Princesses Collection" above. Ursula gets her own section, plus the honour of gracing the cover.

This massive coffee table book about Disney Villains was written by Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas, two of Disney's famous core animator group The Nine Old Men. It's filled with wonderful anecdotes and analysis about various classic villains characters, including Ursula.

There's been a bunch of different versions of those large DK visual guide hardbacks for collectors, updated every so often with newer entries, and covering the history of the animated canon from its beginnings, though highly abridged. Scans below are of the 2002 version, in which TLM gets a two-page spread.

This "Step into Reading" book for young readers introduces the various princesses by their varying traits that define them and by virtue what it means to be a princess.

The villains are the topic of this witty junior picturebook, which has sections on various villains containing interactive elements like letters that can be unfolded and props that can be taken out. Also, Ursula's page features images of her time living in the palace with baby Ariel!

In this "Step into Reading" book for young readers some of the princesses have a go at ballet. Surprisingly, Ariel is included in this book, but in her case she only gets to dance in her imagination.

This junior picturebook with glittery emboss has the princesses celebrating spooky Halloween with costumes and fun.

In this "Step into Reading" book, the princesses need a new dress for their each individual reasons, and Ariel's is that she's getting married.

This younger reader encyclopedia (of sorts) is a guide to the various princess films and the characters in them. It's basic stuff, but clearly written with warm familiarity with the film and has some cute asides.

In this "Step into Reading"book, the princesses celebrate the coming of fall with various activities, some of them Halloween-related.

In this junior picturebook, the princesses show various small ways to be environmentally-conscious and helpful.

There are quite a few different versions of the "365 Bedtime Stories" books, which are basically storybooks that contain 365 short stories (1 page per story) for reading throughout a year. Some of the stories are abridged versions of short stories that have appeared elsewhere, and some of these stories reappear in other Bedtime Stories books.

This Little Golden Book is a simple picturebook for younger readers that introduces the various princesses.

This "Step into Reading" book has the princesses showing the different ways to celebrate a birthday.

This "Step into Reading" book is about Valentines, both of the friendship and romantic kind.