Pokémon Tales

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 Squirtle afraid to come out of his shell or a hungry Snorlax. While the initial series comprises 48 books, only 23 were translated into English.

Pokémon Tales

English No.	Japanese No.	Title	Author	Illustrator	Original release date
01	01	Charmander Sees a Ghost	Akihito Toda	Kagemaru Himeno	1997-06
02	02	Come Out, Squirtle!	Tomoaki Imakuni	Naoyo Kimura	1997-06
03	03	Bulbasaur's Trouble	Akihito Toda	Benimaru Itoh	1997-06
04	04	Pikachu's Day	Toshinao Aoki	Toshinao Aoki	1997-06
—	05	Yadon's Big Yawn	Akihito Toda	Miki Tanaka	1997-06
20	06	Onix Underground	Akihito Toda	Benimaru Itoh	1997-07
—	07	That's Lucky for You	Tokoya Kanabun	Tokoya Kanabun	1997-07
—	08	Transforming Metamon	Sumiyoshi Kizuki	Sumiyoshi Kizuki	1997-07
12	09	Lapras Makes a Friend	Kunimi Kawamura	Toshinao Aoki	1997-07
—	10	Let Me Borrow Your Leek, Kamonegi-kun	Junko Wada	Yukiko Baba	1997-07
—	11	What's Nassy's Favorite Word?	Eriko Matsumura	Kouichi Ooyama	1997-08
—	12	Sihorn and the Planet's Navel	Kazuyuki Yamamoto	Mitsuhiro Arita	1997-08
14	13	Diglett's Birthday Party	Junko Wada	Yasukazu Arai	1997-08
—	14	Where is Beedle's Father?	Akihito Toda	Akemi Sugiura	1997-08
06	15	Where's Clefairy's Voice?	Kunimi Kawamura	Kagemaru Himeno	1997-08
—	16	Ready, Set, Dodo!	Tomokazu Komiya	Tomokazu Komiya	1997-10
10	17	Snorlax's Snack	Sumiyoshi Kizuki	Sumiyoshi Kizuki	1997-10
16	18	Seel to the Rescue!	Kazuyuki Yamamoto	Naoyo Kimura	1997-10
—	19	Spherical Marumine	Tsunekazu Ishihara	Toshinao Aoki	1997-11
—	20	Not Yet, Caterpie	Akihito Toda	Kagemaru Himeno	1997-10
—	21	Tattu Likes the Sea	Junko Wada	Yuka Morii*	1997-12
—	22	Let's Play Again, Porygon	Toshiko Takashi	Sumiyoshi Kizuki	1997-12
—	23	Forgetful Pigeon	Chōji Yoshikawa	Toshinao Aoki	1997-12
13	24	Eevee's Weather Report	Junko Wada	Masako Yamashita	1997-12
15	25	First Prize for Starmie	Kazuyuki Yamamoto	Kagemaru Himeno	1997-12
—	26	Lots of Nyorozo!	Hajime Yume	Kaoru Iwasa	1998-03
22	27	A Star for Tauros	Akihito Toda	Yukiko Baba	1998-03
—	28	Beroringa Licks Everything	Junko Igarashi	Naoyo Kimura	1998-03
—	29	Nazonokusa's Hide and Seek	Kunihiko Yuyama	Tomokazu Komiya*	1998-03
11	30	Jigglypuff's Magic Lullaby	Megumi Hayashibara	Kagemaru Himeno	1998-03
—	31	The Name's Karakara	Sumiyoshi Kizuki	Sumiyoshi Kizuki	1998-06
—	32	I Want to Become a Kamex	Junko Wada	Toshinao Aoki	1998-06
—	33	Little Ghost	Aya Kusube	Aya Kusube	1998-06
18	34	Magnemite's Mission	Yachiyo Numazaki Keiji Kinebuchi	Keiji Kinebuchi	1998-07
07	35	Fly on, Butterfree	Toshiko Takashi	Naoyo Kimura	1998-07
—	36	Let's Make Pizza, Wanriky!	Keiko Yanagisawa	Yuka Morii*	1998-07
05	37	Psyduck's Tongue Twisters	Hajime Yume	Kagemaru Himeno	1998-11
—	38	Rokon and the Girl	Akihito Toda	Miki Tanaka	1998-11
—	39	Heart-pounding Sand	Tomokazu Komiya	Tomokazu Komiya	1998-11
08	40	Dragonite's Christmas	Junko Wada	Naoyo Kimura	1998-12
—	41	What Is a Transel?	Sumiyoshi Kizuki	Sumiyoshi Kizuki	1998-12
09	42	Meet Mew!	Akihito Toda	Kagemaru Himeno	1998-12
—	43	Nyarth's Moon-viewing Soba	Inuko Inuyama	Keralino Sandorovich	1999-06
—	44	Sawamular's Extending Legs	Motoharu Sakata	Shin-ichi Yoshida	1999-06
20*	45	Gengar's Shadow	Aya Kusube	Aya Kusube	1999-06
19	46	Don't Laugh, Charizard!	Akihito Toda	Naoyo Kimura	2000-02
21	47	Togepi's Tears	Hajime Yume	Kagemaru Himeno	2000-02
17	48	Mewtwo's Watching You!	Akihito Toda	Aya Kusube	2000-02

Special Pokémon Tales

These books tie in to the first two Pokémon movies and were included in the English gift box sets for the original books.

English No.	Japanese No.	Title	Author	Illustrator	Original release date
01	01	I'm Not Pikachu!	Junko Wada	Toshinao Aoki	1998-08
02	02	Pikachu's Unparalleled Adventure	Junko Wada	Toshinao Aoki	1999-07

Pokémon Gold and Silver Tales

A second series of Pokémon Tales books were published following the release of Pokémon Gold and Silver (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.

English No.	Japanese No.	Title	Author	Illustrator	Original release date
01	01	Detective Chikorita	Akihito Toda	Sumiyoshi Kizuki	2001-11
02	02	Cyndaquil and the Mystery Hole	Akihito Toda	Toshinao Aoki	2001-11
03	03	Totodile's One Gulp	Akihito Toda	Benimaru Itoh	2001-11
04	04	Muddy Pichu	Akihito Toda	Naoyo Kimura	2001-12
05	05	Wobbuffet Watches Clouds	Akihito Toda	Yasukazu Arai	2001-12
06	06	Swinub's Nose	Akihito Toda	Kagemaru Himeno	2002-03
07	07	Wake up, Lugia!	Akihito Toda	Toshinao Aoki	2002-03
08	08	Look Out Houndour!	Akihito Toda	Midori Harada	2002-07
09	09	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 sixth Pokémon movie, which was the first for Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire .

No.	Title	Author	Illustrator	Release date
01	Pichu-Pichu Staring Contest!	Akihito Toda	Kouki Saitou	2003-06
02	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 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 The Mysterious Yacht, The Mysterious Crayon, The Mysterious Big Clock, and The Mysterious Maze. The books were miniature-sized and hardcovered, and came with a ball chain. They did not actually have ISBNs, though, so they were classified closer to toys than books. Pokémon Daisuki Club also distributed printed books of The Mysterious Drum and The Mysterious Stockings to 200 people in a February 2009 giveaway. They also came with stickers of characters from the books.

No.	Title	Author	Illustrator	Narrator	Release date
01	The Mysterious Lines	Akihito Toda	Sumiyoshi Kizuki	♀ Chikage Yamashita ♂ Yōtarō Ōkubo	2005-09-01
02	The Mysterious Rainbow of Colors	Akihito Toda	Aya Kusube	♀ Chikage Yamashita ♂ Yōtarō Ōkubo	2005-09-16
03	The Mysterious Yacht	Akihito Toda	Kagemaru Himeno	♀ Chikage Yamashita ♂ Yōtarō Ōkubo	2005-09-30
04	The Mysterious Crayon	Akihito Toda	Midori Harada	♀ Nao Minami	2006-05-12
05	The Mysterious Constellation	Akihito Toda	Mitsuhiro Arita	♀ Hiroko Ōhashi	2006-08-04
06	The Mysterious Big Clock	Akihito Toda	Atsuko Nishida	♀ Kaori Tanabe	2006-11-24
07	The Mysterious Maze	Akihito Toda	Masakazu Fukuda	♀ Maya Hayashi	2007-03-09
08	The Mysterious Drum	Akihito Toda	Tomokazu Komiya	♀ Karen	2007-07-02
09	Mysterious Hide-and-Go-Seek	Akihito Toda	Kouki Saitou	♀ Ai Koike	2007-09-07
10	The Mysterious Stockings	Akihito Toda	Miki Tanaka	♀ aki	2007-11-26
11	Mysterious Pirate Ship	Akihito Toda	Kanako Eo	♀ Naoko Yanase	2008-02-25
12	The Upside-Down Forest	Creatures	Sumiyoshi Kizuki	♀ Mayumi Sudou	2008-10-30
13	Night of Shooting Stars	Creatures	Midori Harada	♀ Mayumi Sudou ♂ Ezaki Kouji	2009-04-10
14	Nokocchi Tag	Creatures	Mizue Kuroyanagi	♀ Mayumi Sudou ♂ Ezaki Kouji	2010-02-19
15	The Great Cake Caper	Creatures	Sumiyoshi Kizuki	♀ Mayumi Sudou ♂ Tomonori Tsuchimochi	2012-03-28
16	Iwapalace Moves House	Creatures	Naoki Saito	♀ Mayumi Sudou ♂ Tomonori Tsuchimochi	2012-03-28

Pokémon Tales Gift Boxes

VIZ Media released two gift boxes of the Pokémon Tales series. Each boxed set contained five books each.

Box artwork	Books included
	Charmander Sees a Ghost Come Out, Squirtle! Bulbasaur's Trouble Pikachu's Day Movie Special: I'm Not Pikachu!
	Psyduck's Tongue Twisters Where's Clefairy's Voice? Fly on, Butterfree Dragonite's Christmas Movie Special 2: Pikachu's Unparalleled Adventure

References

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Pokémon books Anime adaptations: Pocket Monsters Series • Pokémon Chapter Books • Pokémon (Bibliothèque Verte) Pokémon the First Movie Pokémon Encyclopedia: An Illustrated Book of POCKET MONSTERS • Pokémon Gold and Silver Pokédex Pokémon Adventure Series: Bye Bye Butterfree • Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon • Electric Shock Showdown • A Shipful of Shivers Readers: Worlds of Adventure • Pikachu in Love • Togepi Springs Into Action! • The Haunted Gym Let It Snow! • Catch That Wobbuffet! • Get Well, Pikachu! • Snack Attack! • Time Out For Torchic Save the Shieldon • Become a Pokémon Trainer • Meet Ash • Meet the Pokémon Ash's Triple Threat • Battle for the Bolt Badge • Wrath of the Legends • Super Sleuth Quiz books: Pokémon Challenge • Pokémon Pop Quiz • Pokémon Pop Quiz 2 • Pokémon Pop Quiz 3 Pathways to Adventure: Pokémon • Pokémon Snap • Pokémon Gold/Silver • Pokémon Gold/Silver: The Adventure Continues! Pokémon Keychain Books: Electric • Water • Normal • Fire Sheet music books: Can You Play Pokémon? • Pokémon 2.B.A. Master • Pokémon 2.B.A. Master: Recorder Fun! • PokéRAP • Pokémon Five-Finger Piano Other: Pocket Monsters: The Animation • Let's Find Pokémon! • Pikachu's Global Adventure • Pikachu Meets the Press Meet Buizel and Friends • Pokémon Tales • Satoshi Tajiri: Pokémon Creator Shōko Nakagawa: Pokémon Taught Me The Meaning of Life • Detective Pikachu: Episode 0—Eevee's Case POKÉMON Detective Pikachu (graphic novel) • POKÉMON Detective Pikachu Movie Novel Arsham's Pokédex • POKÉMON X KOGEI: Playful Encounters of Pokémon and Japanese Craft

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