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[[File:PB04 EN Second Edition.png|thumb|right|The front cover of the "Pikachu's Day" book.]]

'''Pokémon Tales''' (Japanese: '''ポケモンえほん''' ''Pokémon Picture Book'') are a series of children's picture books published by [[VIZ Media]] in North America and [[Shogakukan]] in Japan. A small number of artists collectively provided illustrations across the series, many of which have since become established within the Pokémon franchise. Each book contains a story focusing on one Pokémon, such as a {{p|Squirtle}} afraid to come out of his shell or a hungry {{p|Snorlax}}. While the initial series comprises 48 books, only 23 were translated into English.

==Pokémon Tales==
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|-
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF; {{roundytl|5px}}" | English<br>No.
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF" | Japanese<br>No.
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF" | Title
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF" | Author
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF" | Illustrator
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF; {{roundytr|5px}};" | Original release<br>date
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 01
| 01
| ''[[PB01|Charmander Sees a Ghost]]''
| [[Akihito Toda]]
| [[Kagemaru Himeno]]
| 1997-06
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 02
| 02
| ''[[PB02|Come Out, Squirtle!]]''
| [[Tomoaki Imakuni]]
| [[Naoyo Kimura]]
| 1997-06
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 03
| 03
| ''[[PB03|Bulbasaur's Trouble]]''
| Akihito Toda
| [[Benimaru Itoh]]
| 1997-06
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 04
| 04
| ''[[PB04|Pikachu's Day]]''
| [[Toshinao Aoki]]
| Toshinao Aoki
| 1997-06
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| &mdash;
| 05
| ''[[PB05|Yadon's Big Yawn]]''
| Akihito Toda
| [[Miki Tanaka]]
| 1997-06
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 20
| 06
| ''[[PB06|Onix Underground]]''
| Akihito Toda
| Benimaru Itoh
| 1997-07
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| &mdash;
| 07
| ''[[PB07|That's Lucky for You]]''
| Tokoya Kanabun
| Tokoya Kanabun
| 1997-07
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| &mdash;
| 08
| ''[[PB08|Transforming Metamon]]''
| [[Sumiyoshi Kizuki]]
| Sumiyoshi Kizuki
| 1997-07
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 12
| 09
| ''[[PB09|Lapras Makes a Friend]]''
| Kunimi Kawamura
| Toshinao Aoki
| 1997-07
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| &mdash;
| 10
| ''[[PB10|Let Me Borrow Your Leek, Kamonegi-kun]]''
| Junko Wada
| [[Yukiko Baba]]
| 1997-07
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| &mdash;
| 11
| ''[[PB11|What's Nassy's Favorite Word?]]''
| Eriko Matsumura
| [[Kouichi Ooyama]]
| 1997-08
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| &mdash;
| 12
| ''[[PB12|Sihorn and the Planet's Navel]]''
| Kazuyuki Yamamoto
| [[Mitsuhiro Arita]]
| 1997-08
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 14
| 13
| ''[[PB13|Diglett's Birthday Party]]''
| Junko Wada
| Yasukazu Arai
| 1997-08
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| &mdash;
| 14
| ''[[PB14|Where is Beedle's Father?]]''
| Akihito Toda
| Akemi Sugiura
| 1997-08
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 06
| 15
| ''[[PB15|Where's Clefairy's Voice?]]''
| Kunimi Kawamura
| Kagemaru Himeno
| 1997-08
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| &mdash;
| 16
| ''[[PB16|Ready, Set, Dodo!]]''
| [[Tomokazu Komiya]]
| Tomokazu Komiya
| 1997-10
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 10
| 17
| ''[[PB17|Snorlax's Snack]]''
| Sumiyoshi Kizuki
| Sumiyoshi Kizuki
| 1997-10
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 16
| 18
| ''[[PB18|Seel to the Rescue!]]''
| Kazuyuki Yamamoto
| Naoyo Kimura
| 1997-10
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| &mdash;
| 19
| ''[[PB19|Spherical Marumine]]''
| [[Tsunekazu Ishihara]]
| Toshinao Aoki
| 1997-11
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| &mdash;
| 20
| ''[[PB20|Not Yet, Caterpie]]''
| Akihito Toda
| Kagemaru Himeno
| 1997-10
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| &mdash;
| 21
| ''[[PB21|Tattu Likes the Sea]]''
| Junko Wada
| [[Yuka Morii]]{{tt|*|The scenes in this book were modeled from clay, which Yuka Morii molded.}}
| 1997-12
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| &mdash;
| 22
| ''[[PB22|Let's Play Again, Porygon]]''
| Toshiko Takashi
| Sumiyoshi Kizuki
| 1997-12
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| &mdash;
| 23
| ''[[PB23|Forgetful Pigeon]]''
| Chōji Yoshikawa
| Toshinao Aoki
| 1997-12
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 13
| 24
| ''[[PB24|Eevee's Weather Report]]''
| Junko Wada
| [[Masako Yamashita]]
| 1997-12
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 15
| 25
| ''[[PB25|First Prize for Starmie]]''
| Kazuyuki Yamamoto
| Kagemaru Himeno
| 1997-12
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| &mdash;
| 26
| ''[[PB26|Lots of Nyorozo!]]''
| Hajime Yume
| Kaoru Iwasa
| 1998-03
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 22
| 27
| ''[[PB27|A Star for Tauros]]''
| Akihito Toda
| [[Yukiko Baba]]
| 1998-03
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| &mdash;
| 28
| ''[[PB28|Beroringa Licks Everything]]''
| Junko Igarashi
| Naoyo Kimura
| 1998-03
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| &mdash;
| 29
| ''[[PB29|Nazonokusa's Hide and Seek]]''
| [[Kunihiko Yuyama]]
| Tomokazu Komiya{{tt|*|The scenes in this book are in a collage style.}}
| 1998-03
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 11
| 30
| ''[[PB30|Jigglypuff's Magic Lullaby]]''
| [[Megumi Hayashibara]]
| Kagemaru Himeno
| 1998-03
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| &mdash;
| 31
| ''[[PB31|The Name's Karakara]]''
| Sumiyoshi Kizuki
| Sumiyoshi Kizuki
| 1998-06
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| &mdash;
| 32
| ''[[PB32|I Want to Become a Kamex]]''
| Junko Wada
| Toshinao Aoki
| 1998-06
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| &mdash;
| 33
| ''[[PB33|Little Ghost]]''
| [[Aya Kusube]]
| Aya Kusube
| 1998-06
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 18
| 34
| ''[[PB34|Magnemite's Mission]]''
| Yachiyo Numazaki<br/>[[Keiji Kinebuchi]]
| [[Keiji Kinebuchi]]
| 1998-07
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 07
| 35
| ''[[PB35|Fly on, Butterfree]]''
| Toshiko Takashi
| Naoyo Kimura
| 1998-07
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| &mdash;
| 36
| ''[[PB36|Let's Make Pizza, Wanriky!]]''
| Keiko Yanagisawa
| Yuka Morii{{tt|*|The scenes in this book were modeled from clay, which Yuka Morii molded.}}
| 1998-07
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 05
| 37
| ''[[PB37|Psyduck's Tongue Twisters]]''
| Hajime Yume
| Kagemaru Himeno
| 1998-11
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| &mdash;
| 38
| ''[[PB38|Rokon and the Girl]]''
| Akihito Toda
| Miki Tanaka
| 1998-11
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| &mdash;
| 39
| ''[[PB39|Heart-pounding Sand]]''
| Tomokazu Komiya
| Tomokazu Komiya
| 1998-11
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 08
| 40
| ''[[PB40|Dragonite's Christmas]]''
| Junko Wada
| Naoyo Kimura
| 1998-12
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| &mdash;
| 41
| ''[[PB41|What Is a Transel?]]''
| Sumiyoshi Kizuki
| Sumiyoshi Kizuki
| 1998-12
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 09
| 42
| ''[[PB42|Meet Mew!]]''
| Akihito Toda
| Kagemaru Himeno
| 1998-12
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| &mdash;
| 43
| ''[[PB43|Nyarth's Moon-viewing Soba]]''
| [[Inuko Inuyama]]
| Keralino Sandorovich
| 1999-06
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| &mdash;
| 44
| ''[[PB44|Sawamular's Extending Legs]]''
| Motoharu Sakata
| [[Shin-ichi Yoshida]]
| 1999-06
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 20{{tt|*|Data on this book consistently overlaps with Onix Underground.}}
| 45
| ''[[PB45|Gengar's Shadow]]''
| Aya Kusube
| Aya Kusube
| 1999-06
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 19
| 46
| ''[[PB46|Don't Laugh, Charizard!]]''
| Akihito Toda
| Naoyo Kimura
| 2000-02
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 21
| 47
| ''[[PB47|Togepi's Tears]]''
| Hajime Yume
| Kagemaru Himeno
| 2000-02
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 17 
| 48
| ''[[PB48|Mewtwo's Watching You!]]''
| Akihito Toda
| Aya Kusube
| 2000-02
|}
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==Special Pokémon Tales==
These books tie in to the first two [[Pokémon movie]]s and were included in the English gift box sets for the original books.
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|-
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF; {{roundytl|5px}};" | English<br>No.
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF" | Japanese<br>No.
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF" | Title
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF" | Author
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF" | Illustrator
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF; {{roundytr|5px}};" | Original release<br>date
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 01
| 01
| ''[[PBM1|I'm Not Pikachu!]]''
| Junko Wada
| Toshinao Aoki
| 1998-08
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 02
| 02
| ''[[PBM2|Pikachu's Unparalleled Adventure]]''
| Junko Wada
| Toshinao Aoki
| 1999-07
|}
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==Pokémon Gold and Silver Tales==
A second series of Pokémon Tales books were published following the release of {{game|Gold and Silver|s}} (Japanese: '''ポケモン金銀えほん''' ''Pokémon Gold and Silver Picture Books''). Unlike the initial Pokémon Tales series, all of these books were translated into English.

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|-
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF; {{roundytl|5px}};" | English<br>No.
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF" | Japanese<br>No.
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF" | Title
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF" | Author
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF" | Illustrator
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF; {{roundytr|5px}};" | Original release date
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 01
| 01
| ''[[PBGS1|Detective Chikorita]]''
| Akihito Toda
| Sumiyoshi Kizuki
| 2001-11
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 02
| 02
| ''[[PBGS2|Cyndaquil and the Mystery Hole]]''
| Akihito Toda
| Toshinao Aoki
| 2001-11
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 03
| 03
| ''[[PBGS3|Totodile's One Gulp]]''
| Akihito Toda
| Benimaru Itoh
| 2001-11
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 04
| 04
| ''[[PBGS4|Muddy Pichu]]''
| Akihito Toda
| Naoyo Kimura
| 2001-12
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 05
| 05
| ''[[PBGS5|Wobbuffet Watches Clouds]]''
| Akihito Toda
| Yasukazu Arai
| 2001-12
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 06
| 06
| ''[[PBGS6|Swinub's Nose]]''
| Akihito Toda
| Kagemaru Himeno
| 2002-03
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 07
| 07
| ''[[PBGS7|Wake up, Lugia!]]''
| Akihito Toda
| Toshinao Aoki
| 2002-03
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 08
| 08
| ''[[PBGS8|Look Out Houndour!]]''
| Akihito Toda
| [[Midori Harada]]
| 2002-07
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 09
| 09
| ''[[PBGS9|Corsola's Brave New World]]''
| Akihito Toda
| Tomokazu Komiya
| 2002-07
|}
{{-}}
==Pokémon Exciting Tales==
Pokémon Exciting Tales (Japanese: '''ポケモンわくわくえほん''' ''Pokémon Exciting Picture Books'') was apparently a short release made in the run-up to the [[M06|sixth Pokémon movie]], which was the first for ''[[Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire]]'' .

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|-
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF; {{roundytl|5px}};" | No.
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF" | Title
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF" | Author
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF" | Illustrator
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF; {{roundytr|5px}};" | Release date
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 01
| ''[[PBAG1|Pichu-Pichu Staring Contest!]]''
| Akihito Toda
| [[Kouki Saitou]]
| 2003-06
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 02
| ''[[PBAG2|PokéPoké Oekaki!]]''
| Akihito Toda
| Naoyo Kimura
| 2003-06
|}
{{-}}

==Pokémon Daisuki Tales==
The Pokémon Daisuki Tales (Japanese: '''ポケモンだいすきえほん''' ''Pokémon Enjoy Picture Books'') are interactive audio picture books in Flash.  They are viewable [http://www.pokemon.jp/#/contents/enjoy/picture_book/ online] (Japanese) on the [[Pokémon Daisuki Club]] website.  All of the stories are on the site, but some are not accessible through normal navigation of the Daisuki Club website.  New titles are added periodically.

On September 4, 2007, Media Factory printed and distributed the stories ''[[PBD03|The Mysterious Yacht]]'', ''[[PBD04|The Mysterious Crayon]]'', ''[[PBD06|The Mysterious Big Clock]]'', and ''[[PBD07|The Mysterious Maze]]''.  The books were miniature-sized and hardcovered, and came with a ball chain.<ref>[http://poketb.com/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=1969 Chinese forum post of announcement]</ref>  They did not actually have ISBNs, though, so they were classified closer to toys than books.<ref>[http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9D%E3%82%B1%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%81%88%E3%81%BB%E3%82%93 ja.wikipedia - ポケモンえほん]</ref>  Pokémon Daisuki Club also distributed printed books of ''[[PBD08|The Mysterious Drum]]'' and ''[[PBD10|The Mysterious Stockings]]'' to 200 people in a February 2009 giveaway.  They also came with stickers of characters from the books.<ref>http://pokemon.g.hatena.ne.jp/okome_chan/20090317</ref>

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|-
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF; {{roundytl|5px}};" | No.
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF" | Title
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF" | Author
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF" | Illustrator
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF" | Narrator
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF; {{roundytr|5px}};" | Release date
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 01
| ''[[PBD01|The Mysterious Lines]]''
| Akihito Toda
| Sumiyoshi Kizuki
| {{female}} Chikage Yamashita<br/>{{male}} Yōtarō Ōkubo
| 2005-09-01
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 02
| ''[[PBD02|The Mysterious Rainbow of Colors]]''
| Akihito Toda
| Aya Kusube
| {{female}} Chikage Yamashita<br/>{{male}} Yōtarō Ōkubo
| 2005-09-16
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 03
| ''[[PBD03|The Mysterious Yacht]]''
| Akihito Toda
| Kagemaru Himeno
| {{female}} Chikage Yamashita<br/>{{male}} Yōtarō Ōkubo
| 2005-09-30
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 04
| ''[[PBD04|The Mysterious Crayon]]''
| Akihito Toda
| Midori Harada
| {{female}} Nao Minami
| 2006-05-12
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 05
| ''[[PBD05|The Mysterious Constellation]]''
| Akihito Toda
| Mitsuhiro Arita
| {{female}} Hiroko Ōhashi
| 2006-08-04
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 06
| ''[[PBD06|The Mysterious Big Clock]]''
| Akihito Toda
| [[Atsuko Nishida]]
| {{female}} Kaori Tanabe
| 2006-11-24
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 07
| ''[[PBD07|The Mysterious Maze]]''
| Akihito Toda
| [[Masakazu Fukuda]]
| {{female}} Maya Hayashi
| 2007-03-09
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 08
| ''[[PBD08|The Mysterious Drum]]''
| Akihito Toda
| Tomokazu Komiya
| {{female}} Karen
| 2007-07-02
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 09
| ''[[PBD09|Mysterious Hide-and-Go-Seek]]''
| Akihito Toda
| Kouki Saitou
| {{female}} Ai Koike
| 2007-09-07
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 10
| ''[[PBD10|The Mysterious Stockings]]''
| Akihito Toda
| Miki Tanaka
| {{female}} aki<!--Yes, uncapitalized-->
| 2007-11-26
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 11
| ''[[PBD11|Mysterious Pirate Ship]]''
| Akihito Toda
| [[Kanako Eo]]
| {{female}} Naoko Yanase
| 2008-02-25
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 12
| ''[[PBD12|The Upside-Down Forest]]''
| [[Creatures]]
| Sumiyoshi Kizuki
| {{female}} Mayumi Sudou
| 2008-10-30
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 13
| ''[[PBD13|Night of Shooting Stars]]''
| Creatures
| Midori Harada
| {{female}} Mayumi Sudou<br/>{{male}} Ezaki Kouji
| 2009-04-10
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 14
| ''[[PBD14|Nokocchi Tag]]''
| Creatures
| Mizue Kuroyanagi
| {{female}} Mayumi Sudou<br/>{{male}} Ezaki Kouji
| 2010-02-19
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 15
| ''[[PBD15|The Great Cake Caper]]''
| Creatures
| Sumiyoshi Kizuki
| {{female}} Mayumi Sudou<br/>{{male}} Tomonori Tsuchimochi
| 2012-03-28
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 16
| ''[[PBD16|Iwapalace Moves House]]''
| Creatures
| [[Naoki Saito]]
| {{female}} Mayumi Sudou<br/>{{male}} Tomonori Tsuchimochi
| 2012-03-28
|}

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==Pokémon Tales Gift Boxes==
[[VIZ Media]] released two gift boxes of the Pokémon Tales series. Each boxed set contained five books each.

{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; text-align:center; background: #{{colorschemelight|Kanto}}; border: 3px solid #{{colorschemedark|Kanto}}"
|-
! Box artwork
! Books included
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| [[File:Pokémon Tales Gift Box 1.png|120px|Pokémon Tales Gift Box 1]]
| ''[[PB01|Charmander Sees a Ghost]]''<br>''[[PB02|Come Out, Squirtle!]]''<br>''[[PB03| 	Bulbasaur's Trouble]]''<br>''[[PB04|Pikachu's Day]]''<br>''[[PBM1|Movie Special: I'm Not Pikachu!]]''
|-
| style="background:#FFFFFF; {{roundybl|5px}}" | [[File:Pokémon Tales Gift Box 2.png|120px|Pokémon Tales Gift Box 1]]
| style="background:#FFFFFF; {{roundybr|5px}}" | ''[[PB37|Psyduck's Tongue Twisters]]''<br>''[[PB15|Where's Clefairy's Voice?]]''<br>''[[PB35|Fly on, Butterfree]]''<br>''[[PB40|Dragonite's Christmas]]''<br>''[[PBM2|Movie Special 2: Pikachu's Unparalleled Adventure]]''
|}

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