A Charmed Life

The Little Mermaid's Treasure Chest

by M.C. Varley, Walt Disney Company

Ariel discovers that the good things that happen to her are not caused by the four-leaf clover found by her friend Scuttle.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Fiction

28 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1992

Reviews

[Rubi]

Cute story about how strong a mindset can be in our day to day lives. We shouldn't reply on anything to make our day but do our best for ourselves 🙂‍↕️

[J.]

Jan 28, February 25

[Dharia Scarab]

My love of reading started when i was young, and it gives me immense pleasure to provide books to Spread the Word Nevada, an organization that passes them on to children in the community. They are a terrific organization supporting an important cause. If your local I encourage you to check them out. For those living further a field, look in your own community, their may already be a similar program in place. And if not, you can always help start one.

http://spreadthewordnevada.org/

Myself, I go out on the weekends and
shop thrift store and bulk book lots to rescue books and donate them. Sometimes I'll find a book I remember reading when I was young and will read it again before passing it on.

I don't rate these books using my normal scale, instead I give most of them three stars. This isn't a Criticism of the book, simply my way of rating them as good for children.

[Mimi]

At first I thought this was going to be a stupid message to children. When Ariel gets a four-leaf clover, she starts having good things happen to her. Blah blah, happily ever after.

Actually, in the end she realizes that she has the ability to control her surroundings with her attitude and actions. It ended up being a very good message indeed.

The illustrations were beautiful (although I thought Ariel looked a tad strange, not quite on the mark with her face) and glossy.

[Little Miss and the Legomeister]

I think these books are a bit lame, but Little Miss disagrees. Strongly if I can judge by their frequent occurrence in the bedtime lineup.