The Desert Mermaid

They seem to be trying harder to have a Victorian/Edwardian nursery fiction style, so the worldbuilding is a bit different, and the tone is pretty cutesy. And the talents get WAY too specific, like I said--Tink is a "pots-and-pans" talent, which isn't so awesome as her mechanical engineer status of the movies. There are a few other characters who aren't in the movies (Rani is kind of interesting), but honestly they seem less developed and likable. (Vidia, for one, is a lot more fun in the films as a passive-aggressive but still likable friend.) And they mention Peter Pan--the films are set before Tink went to hang out with him; the books afterward--and it's rather difficult to add him into the mix. I like it when they're distanced from him. But they're definitely different universes. I'd give the books a pass, but you might want to try them for yourself.