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


'''Pokémon Tales''' (Japanese: '''ポケモンえほん''' ''Pokémon Picture Book'') is a series of children's picture books published by [[VIZ Media]] in North America and [[Shōgakukan]] in Japan. Each book contains a story featuring one or more Pokémon, such as a {{p|Squirtle}} afraid to come out of his shell or a hungry {{p|Snorlax}}. Each story is written and illustrated by a different author. Two ''Pokémon Tales'' gift sets were available: the first one contained the first four books and the ''Mewtwo Strikes Back'' special book, and the second one contained books 5-8 and the ''Power of One'' special 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.


==Books in the Pokémon Tales series==
==Pokémon Tales==
{| {{bluetable2}} style="margin: auto;"
{| class="sortable roundy" style="background: #A0A0C4; {{roundy|10px}}; border: 5px solid #BBBBE8"
|-
|-
! Title
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF; {{roundytl|5px}}" | English<br>No.
! Author(s)
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF" | Japanese<br>No.
! Summary
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF" | Title
|-
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF" | Author
| [[Charmander Sees a Ghost]]
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF" | Illustrator
| [[Akihito Toda]], [[Kagemaru Himeno]]
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF; {{roundytr|5px}};" | Original release<br>date
| Charmander sees something scary in an old house.
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|-
| 01
| [[Come Out, Squirtle!]]
| 01
| [[Tomoaki Imakuni]], [[Naoyo Kimura]]
| ''[[PB01|Charmander Sees a Ghost]]''
| A Squirtle is scared to come outside of his shell.
| [[Akihito Toda]]
|-
| [[Kagemaru Himeno]]
| [[Bulbasaur's Trouble]]
| 1997-06
| Akihito Toda, Kagemaru Himeno
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| Bulbasaur sees two children fighting and wants to help them.
| 02
|-
| 02
| [[Pikachu's Day]]
| ''[[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]]
| An average day in Pikachu's life, from dawn to dusk.
| 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 Trancell?]]''
| 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
|}
{{-}}
 
==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.
{| class="sortable roundy" style="background: #A0A0C4; border: 5px solid #BBBBE8"
|-
|-
| [[Psyduck's Tongue Twisters]]
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF; {{roundytl|5px}};" | English<br>No.
| Akihito Toda, Kagemaru Himeno
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF" | Japanese<br>No.
| A collection of Pokémon-themed tongue twisters.
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF" | Title
|-
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF" | Author
| [[Where's Clefairy's Voice?]]
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF" | Illustrator
| Akihito Toda, Kagemaru Himeno
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF; {{roundytr|5px}};" | Original release<br>date
| Clefairy loses its voice and has to search the forest to find it.
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|-
| 01
| [[Fly on, Butterfree]]
| 01
| Akihito Toda, Kagemaru Himeno
| ''[[PBM1|I'm Not Pikachu!]]''
| Butterfree has a fight with his friends and has to make it up to them.
| Junko Wada
|-
| Toshinao Aoki
| [[Dragonite's Christmas]]
| 1998-08
| Akihito Toda, Kagemaru Himeno
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| Dragonite helps Santa find his missing reindeer.
| 02
|-
| 02
| [[Meet Mew!]]
| ''[[PBM2|Pikachu's Unparalleled Adventure]]''
| Akihito Toda, Kagemaru Himeno
| A young boy sees a Mew, but nobody believes him.
|-
| [[Snorlax's Snack]]
| Sumiyashi Kizuki
| Snorlax is very hungry and starts to eat everything.
|-
| [[Jigglypuff's Magic Lullaby]]
| [[Megumi Hayashibara]], Kagemaru Himeno
| Jigglypuff wants to perform for everyone, but they all fall asleep.
|-
| [[Lapras Makes a Friend]]
| Kunimi Kawamura, Toshinao Aoki
| A lonely Lapras makes friends with a little boy.
|-
| [[Eevee's Weather Report]]
| Akihito Toda, Kagemaru Himeno
| Eevee predicts the weather before going on a hike with his friends.
|-
| [[Diglett's Birthday Party]]
| Junko Wada
| Junko Wada
| Diglett has a party in its underground home.
| Toshinao Aoki
| 1999-07
|}
{{-}}
==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.
 
{| class="sortable roundy" style="background: #A0A0C4;; border: 5px solid #BBBBE8"
|-
|-
| [[First Prize for Starmie]]
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF; {{roundytl|5px}};" | English<br>No.
| Akihito Toda, Kagemaru Himeno
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF" | Japanese<br>No.
| Starmie wins a race by taking a spooky shortcut.
! 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 started the [[Advanced Generation]] series of [[Movies#Advanced_Generation_series|the movies]].
 
{| class="sortable roundy" style="background: #A0A0C4; border: 5px solid #BBBBE8"
|-
|-
| [[Seel to the Rescue!]]
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF; {{roundytl|5px}};" | No.
| Akihito Toda, Kagemaru Himeno
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF" | Title
| A lost sailor is rescued by Seel.
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF" | Author
|-
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF" | Illustrator
| [[Mewtwo's Watching You!]]
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF; {{roundytr|5px}};" | Release date
| Akihito Toda, Kagemaru Himeno
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| Mewtwo watches the other Pokémon play together.
| 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>
 
{| class="sortable roundy" style="background: #A0A0C4; border: 5px solid #BBBBE8"
|-
|-
| [[Magnemite's Mission]]
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF; {{roundytl|5px}};" | No.
| Akihito Toda, Kagemaru Himeno
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF" | Title
| Magnemite and Jigglypuff find a screw on the ground and want to return it to its owner.
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF" | Author
|-
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF" | Illustrator
| [[Don't Laugh, Charizard!]]
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF" | Narrator
| Akihito Toda, Kagemaru Himeno
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF; {{roundytr|5px}};" | Release date
| Every time Charizard laughs, he breathes fire and something gets burned.
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|-
| 01
| [[Gengar's Shadow]]
| ''[[PBD01|The Mysterious Lines]]''
| Akihito Toda, Kagemaru Himeno
| Akihito Toda
|  
| Sumiyoshi Kizuki
|-
| {{female}} Chikage Yamashita<br/>{{male}} Yōtarō Ōkubo
| [[Onix Underground]]
| 2005-09-01
| Akihito Toda, Kagemaru Himeno
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|  
| 02
|-
| ''[[PBD02|The Mysterious Rainbow of Colors]]''
| [[Togepi's Tears]]
| Akihito Toda
| Akihito Toda, Sumiyashi Kizuki
| Aya Kusube
| Pikachu and friends try to cheer up a sad Togepi.
| {{female}} Chikage Yamashita<br/>{{male}} Yōtarō Ōkubo
|-
| 2005-09-16
|[[ A Star for Tauros]]
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| Akihito Toda, Kagemaru Himeno, [[Yukiko Baba]]
| 03
| A pack of Tauros must work together to solve a challenge from a star.
| ''[[PBD03|The Mysterious Yacht]]''
|-
| Akihito Toda
| [[Movie Special: I'm Not Pikachu!]]
| Kagemaru Himeno
| Junko Wada, Toshinao Aoki
| {{female}} Chikage Yamashita<br/>{{male}} Yōtarō Ōkubo
| A little boy sees ''Mewtwo Strikes Back'' and turns into Pikachu.
| 2005-09-30
|-
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| [[Movie Special 2: Pikachu's Unparalleled Adventure]]
| 04
| [[Toshihiro Ono]]
| ''[[PBD04|The Mysterious Crayon]]''
| Pikachu and Elekid pretend to go on vacations.
| 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
|}
|}


==Pokémon Gold and Silver Tales==
{{-}}


A second series of Pokémon Tales books were released around the time of {{game|Gold and Silver|s}}.
==Pokémon Tales Gift Boxes==
[[VIZ Media]] released two gift boxes of the Pokémon Tales series. Each boxed set contained five books each.


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! Title
! Author(s)
! Summary
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| [[Detective Chikorita]]
| Akihito Toda, Sumiyashi Kizuki
| Chikorita wants to be a detective but has no crimes to solve.
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| [[Cyndaquil and the Mysterious Hole]]
| Akihito Toda, Sumiyashi Kizuki
| The Pokémon find a mysterious hole, but only Cyndaquil is brave enough to explore it.
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| [[Totodile's One Gulp]]
| Akihito Toda, Sumiyashi Kizuki
| Totodile is hungry and eats everything in sight.
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| [[Muddy Pichu]]
| Akihito Toda, Sumiyashi Kizuki, Nayoyo Kimura
| Pichu gets dirty playing in the mud.
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| [[Wobbuffet Watches Clouds]]
| Akihito Toda, Sumiyashi Kizuki, Yasukazu Arai
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| [[Swinub's Nose]]
| Akihito Toda, Sumiyashi Kizuki, Kagemaru Himeno
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| [[Wake up, Lugia!]]
| Akihito Toda, Sumiyashi Kizuki, Toshinao Aoki
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| [[Look Out Houndour!]]
! Box artwork
| [[Midori Harada]], Sumiyashi Kizuki
! Books included
| Houndour is running to a dangerous bridge and won't listen to others' warnings.
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| [[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!]]''
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| [[Corsola's Brave New World]]
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| Akihito Toda, Sumiyashi Kizuki
| 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]]''
| Corsola is tired of the sea and wants to explore the land.
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Revision as of 21:32, 22 January 2017

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 Trancell? 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 started the Advanced Generation series of the movies.

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.[1] They did not actually have ISBNs, though, so they were classified closer to toys than books.[2] 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.[3]

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
Pokémon Tales Gift Box 1 Charmander Sees a Ghost
Come Out, Squirtle!
Bulbasaur's Trouble
Pikachu's Day
Movie Special: I'm Not Pikachu!
Pokémon Tales Gift Box 1 Psyduck's Tongue Twisters
Where's Clefairy's Voice?
Fly on, Butterfree
Dragonite's Christmas
Movie Special 2: Pikachu's Unparalleled Adventure

References

  1. ↑ Chinese forum post of announcement
  2. ↑ ja.wikipedia - ポケモンえほん
  3. ↑ http://pokemon.g.hatena.ne.jp/okome_chan/20090317


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Jennifer L. Johnson • Katherine Fang • Katherine Noll • Kazunori Aihara • Maria S. Barbo • Michael Mikaelian
Michael Teitelbaum • S. E. Heller • Sheila Sweeny • Simcha Whitehill • Tracey West
Publishers: Chuang Yi (Singapore) • Golden Books (USA) • Panini Comics (Italy) • Pikachu Press (USA)
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Anime adaptations: Pocket Monsters Series • Pokémon anime novelization series • Pokémon anime novelization series (France)
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Readers: Worlds of Adventure • Pikachu in Love • Togepi Springs Into Action! • The Haunted Gym
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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
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