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[[File:Pikachu's Day.jpg|thumb|right|The front cover of the "Pikachu's Day" book.]]
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'''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. 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. Two ''Pokémon Tales'' gift sets were available: the first one contained the first four books and the [[I'm Not Pikachu!|''Mewtwo Strikes Back'' special book]], and the second one contained books 5-8 and the [[Pikachu's Unparalleled Adventure|''Power of One'' special book]].


==Pokémon Tales==
==Pokémon Tales==
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| —
| —
| 05
| 05
| ''[[Slowpoke's Big Yawn]]''
| ''[[Yadon's Big Yawn]]''
| Akihito Toda
| Akihito Toda
| [[Miki Tanaka]]
| [[Miki Tanaka]]
| 1997-07
| 1997-07
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 21
| 20
| 06
| 06
| ''[[Onix Underground]]''
| ''[[Onix Underground]]''
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| —
| —
| 07
| 07
| ''[[Just Like That, Chansey]]''
| ''[[That's Lucky for You]]''
| Tokoya Kanabun
| Tokoya Kanabun
| Tokoya Kanabun
| Tokoya Kanabun
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| —
| —
| 08
| 08
| ''[[Transform, Ditto]]''
| ''[[Transforming Metamon]]''
| [[Sumiyoshi Kizuki]]
| [[Sumiyoshi Kizuki]]
| Sumiyoshi Kizuki
| Sumiyoshi Kizuki
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| —
| —
| 10
| 10
| ''[[Farfetch'd, Hand Me That Leek]]''
| ''[[Let Me Borrow Your Leek, Kamonegi-kun]]''
| Junko Wada
| Junko Wada
| [[Yukiko Baba]]
| [[Yukiko Baba]]
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| —
| —
| 11
| 11
| ''[[What's Exeggutor's Favorite Word?]]''
| ''[[What's Nassy's Favorite Word?]]''
| Eriko Matsumura
| Eriko Matsumura
| [[Kouichi Ooyama]]
| [[Kouichi Ooyama]]
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| —
| —
| 12
| 12
| ''[[Rhydon and the Planet's Navel]]''
| ''[[Sihorn and the Planet's Navel]]''
| Kazuaki Yamamoto
| Kazuaki Yamamoto
| [[Mitsuhiro Arita]]
| [[Mitsuhiro Arita]]
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| ''[[Diglett's Birthday Party]]''
| ''[[Diglett's Birthday Party]]''
| Junko Wada
| Junko Wada
| Yasuto Arai
| Yasukazu Arai
| 1997-09
| 1997-09
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| —
| —
| 14
| 14
| ''[[Where is Weedle's Father?]]''
| ''[[Where is Beedle's Father?]]''
| Akihito Toda
| Akihito Toda
| Akemi Sugiura
| Akemi Sugiura
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| —
| —
| 16
| 16
| ''Doduo {{tt|yoi don|Onomatopoeia of striking a drum}}!''
| ''[[Dodo Yoi Don!]]''
| [[Tomokazu Komiya]]
| [[Tomokazu Komiya]]
| Tomokazu Komiya
| Tomokazu Komiya
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| —
| —
| 19
| 19
| ''[[Spherical Electrode]]''
| ''[[Spherical Marumine]]''
| [[Tsunekaz Ishihara]]
| [[Tsunekaz Ishihara]]
| Toshinao Aoki
| Toshinao Aoki
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| 1997-11
| 1997-11
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 13
| —
| 21
| 21
| ''[[Horsea Likes the Sea]]''
| ''[[Tattu Likes the Sea]]''
| Junko Wada
| Junko Wada
| [[Yuka Morii]]
| [[Yuka Morii]]
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| —
| —
| 22
| 22
| ''[[Let's Play Some More, Porygon]]''
| ''[[Let's Play Again, Porygon]]''
| Toshiko Takashi
| Toshiko Takashi
| Sumiyoshi Kizuki
| Sumiyoshi Kizuki
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| —
| 23
| 23
| ''[[Amnesia Pidgeot]]''
| ''[[Amnesiac Pigeon]]''
| Choji Yoshikawa
| Choji Yoshikawa
| Toshinao Aoki
| Toshinao Aoki
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| ''[[Eevee's Weather Report]]''
| ''[[Eevee's Weather Report]]''
| Junko Wada
| Junko Wada
| Masako Yamashita
| [[Masako Yamashita]]
| 1998-01
| 1998-01
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 15
| 15
| 25
| 25
| [[First Prize for Starmie]]
| ''[[First Prize for Starmie]]''
| Kazuyuki Yamamoto
| Kazuyuki Yamamoto
| Kagemaru Himeno
| Kagemaru Himeno
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| 26
| 26
| ''[[Lots of Poliwhirl!]]''
| ''[[Lots of Nyorozo!]]''
| Hajime Yume
| Hajime Yume
| Kaoru Iwasa
| Kaoru Iwasa
| 1998-04
| 1998-04
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 23
| 22
| 27
| 27
| ''[[A Star for Tauros]]''
| ''[[A Star for Tauros]]''
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| 28
| 28
| ''[[Lickitung Licks Everything]]''
| ''[[Beroringa Licks Everything]]''
| Junko Igarashi
| Junko Igarashi
| Naoyo Kimura
| Naoyo Kimura
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| —
| 29
| 29
| ''[[Oddish's Hide and Seek]]''
| ''[[Nazonokusa's Hide and Seek]]''
| [[Kunihiko Yuyama]]
| [[Kunihiko Yuyama]]
| Tomokazu Komiya
| Tomokazu Komiya
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| —
| 31
| 31
| ''[[I'm Cubone!]]''
| ''[[The name's Karakara]]''
| Sumiyoshi Kizuki
| Sumiyoshi Kizuki
| Sumiyoshi Kizuki
| Sumiyoshi Kizuki
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| —
| 32
| 32
| ''[[I Want to Become a Blastoise]]''
| ''[[I Want to Become a Kamex]]''
| Junko Wada
| Junko Wada
| Toshinao Aoki
| Toshinao Aoki
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| —
| 33
| 33
| ''[[Tiny Haunter]]''
| ''[[Little Ghost]]''
| [[Aya Kusube]]
| [[Aya Kusube]]
| Aya Kusube
| Aya Kusube
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| 34
| 34
| ''[[Magnemite's Mission]]''
| ''[[Magnemite's Mission]]''
| Yachiyo Numazaki
| Yachiyo Numazaki<br/>[[Keiji Kinebuchi]]
| [[Keiji Kinebuchi]]
| [[Keiji Kinebuchi]]
| 1998-08
| 1998-08
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| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| 36
| 36
| ''[[Make Pizza! Machop]]''
| ''[[Let's Make Pizza, Wanriky!]]''
| Keiko Yanagisawa
| Keiko Yanagisawa
| Yuka Morii
| Yuka Morii
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| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| 38
| 38
| ''[[Vulpix and Girls]]''
| ''[[Rokon and the Girl]]''
| Akihito Toda
| Akihito Toda
| Miki Tanaka
| Miki Tanaka
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| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| 39
| 39
| ''[[Heart-pounding Sandshrew]]''
| ''[[Heart-pounding Sand]]''
| Tomokazu Komiya
| Tomokazu Komiya
| Tomokazu Komiya
| Tomokazu Komiya
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| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| 41
| 41
| ''[[What's a Metapod?]]''
| ''[[What's a Trancell?]]''
| Sumiyoshi Kizuki
| Sumiyoshi Kizuki
| Sumiyoshi Kizuki
| Sumiyoshi Kizuki
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| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| 43
| 43
| ''[[Meowth's Moon-view Noodle]]''
| ''[[Nyarth's Moon-viewing Soba]]''
| [[Inuko Inuyama]]
| [[Inuko Inuyama]]
| Keralino Sandorovich
| Keralino Sandorovich
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| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| 44
| 44
| ''[[Hitmonlee's Extending Feet]]''
| ''[[Sawamular's Extending Feet]]''
| Motomichi Sakata
| Motomichi Sakata
| [[Shin-ichi Yoshida]]
| [[Shin-ichi Yoshida]]
| 1999-07
| 1999-07
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 20
| 20{{tt|*|Data on this book consistently overlaps with Onix Underground.}}
| 45
| 45
| ''[[Gengar's Shadow]]''
| ''[[Gengar's Shadow]]''
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==Special Pokémon Tales==
==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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| Junko Wada
| Junko Wada
| Toshinao Aoki
| Toshinao Aoki
| 1998-09
| 1998-08
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 02
| 02
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| Junko Wada
| Junko Wada
| Toshinao Aoki
| Toshinao Aoki
| 1999-08
| 1999-07
|}
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{{-}}
==Pokémon Gold and Silver Tales==
==Pokémon Gold and Silver Tales==
A second series of Pokémon Tales books were published following the release of {{game|Gold and Silver|s}}. Unlike the initial Pokémon Tales series, all of these books were translated into English.
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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| Akihito Toda
| Akihito Toda
| Sumiyoshi Kizuki
| Sumiyoshi Kizuki
| 2001-12
| 2001-11
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 02
| 02
| 02
| 02
| ''[[Cyndaquil and the Mysterious Hole]]''
| ''[[Cyndaquil and the Mystery Hole]]''
| Akihito Toda
| Akihito Toda
| Toshinao Aoki
| Toshinao Aoki
| 2001-12
| 2001-11
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 03
| 03
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| Akihito Toda
| Akihito Toda
| Benimaru Itoh
| Benimaru Itoh
| 2001-12
| 2001-11
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 04
| 04
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| Akihito Toda
| Akihito Toda
| Naoyo Kimura
| Naoyo Kimura
| 2002-01
| 2001-12
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 05
| 05
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| ''[[Wobbuffet Watches Clouds]]''
| ''[[Wobbuffet Watches Clouds]]''
| Akihito Toda
| Akihito Toda
| Yasuto Arai
| Yasukazu Arai
| 2002-01
| 2001-12
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 06
| 06
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| Akihito Toda
| Akihito Toda
| Kagemaru Himeno
| Kagemaru Himeno
| 2002-04
| 2002-03
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 07
| 07
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| Akihito Toda
| Akihito Toda
| Toshinao Aoki
| Toshinao Aoki
| 2002-04
| 2002-03
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 08
| 08
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| Akihito Toda
| Akihito Toda
| [[Midori Harada]]
| [[Midori Harada]]
| 2002-08
| 2002-07
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 09
| 09
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| Akihito Toda
| Akihito Toda
| Tomokazu Komiya
| Tomokazu Komiya
| 2002-08
| 2002-07
|}
|}
{{-}}
{{-}}
==Pokémon Exciting Tales==
==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 for the [[Advanced Generation]] of Pokémon.
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| ''[[Pichu-Pichu Staring Contest!]]''
| ''[[Pichu-Pichu Staring Contest!]]''
| Akihito Toda
| Akihito Toda
| Kouki Saitou
| [[Kouki Saitou]]
| 2003-07
| 2003-06
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 02
| 02
| ''[[PokePoke Oekaki]]''
| ''[[PokéPoké Oekaki]]''
| Akihito Toda
| Akihito Toda
| Naoyo Kimura
| Naoyo Kimura
| 2003-07
| 2003-06
|}
|}
{{-}}
{{-}}
==Pokémon Daisuki Tales==
==Pokémon Daisuki Tales==
These books were available to view online via the Pokémon Daisuki Club starting in 2005. On September 4, 2007 Media Factory printed and distributed the first four publications. Each of these books are hardback with a ball chain and come in individually designed boxes. The books ''Mysterious Stocking'' and ''Mysterious Drum'' were also later published and distributed through the Daisuki Club in February 2009. Most are still available to view, with new titles added periodically.
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 ''[[The Mysterious Yacht]]'', ''[[The Mysterious Crayon]]'', ''[[The Mysterious Maze]]'', and ''[[The Mysterious Big Clock]]''. 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 ''[[The Mysterious Stockings]]'' and ''[[The Mysterious Drum]]'' 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:#FFFFFF"
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 01
| 01
| ''[[Mysterious Prank]]''
| ''[[The Mysterious Line]]''
|  
| Akihito Toda
| Sumiyoshi Kizuki
| {{female}} Chikage Yamashita<br/>{{male}} Yōtarō Ōkubo
| 2005-09-01
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 02
| 02
| ''[[Mysterious Yacht]]''
| ''[[The Mysterious Rainbow of Colors]]''
| [[Kagemaru Himeno]]
| Akihito Toda
| Aya Kusube
| {{female}} Chikage Yamashita<br/>{{male}} Yōtarō Ōkubo
| 2005-09-16
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 03
| 03
| ''[[Mysterious Crayon]]''
| ''[[The Mysterious Yacht]]''
| Midori Harada
| Akihito Toda
| Kagemaru Himeno
| {{female}} Chikage Yamashita<br/>{{male}} Yōtarō Ōkubo
| 2005-09-30
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 04
| 04
| ''[[Mysterious Maze]]''
| ''[[The Mysterious Crayon]]''
| [[Masakazu Fukuda]]
| Akihito Toda
| Midori Harada
| {{female}} Nao Minami
| 2006-05-12
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 05
| 05
| ''[[Mysterious Rainbow Color]]''
| ''[[The Mysterious Constellation]]''
| [[Aya Kusube]]
| Akihito Toda
| Mitsuhiro Arita
| {{female}} Hiroko Ōhashi
| 2006-08-04
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 06
| 06
| ''[[Mysterious Hide and Seek]]''
| ''[[The Mysterious Big Clock]]''
| [[Kouki Saitou]]
| Akihito Toda
| [[Atsuko Nishida]]
| {{female}} Kaori Tanabe
| 2006-11-24
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 07
| 07
| ''[[Mysterious Pirate Ship]]''
| ''[[The Mysterious Maze]]''
| [[Kanako Eo]]
| Akihito Toda
| [[Masakazu Fukuda]]
| {{female}} Maya Hayashi
| 2007-03-09
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 08
| 08
| ''[[Mysterious Stocking]]''
| ''[[The Mysterious Drum]]''
|  
| Akihito Toda
| Tomokazu Komiya
| {{female}} Karen
| 2007-07-02
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 09
| 09
| ''[[Mysterious Constellation]]''
| ''[[Mysterious Hide-and-Go-Seek]]''
| Mitsuhiro Arita
| Akihito Toda
| Saitou Kouki
| {{female}} Ai Koike
| 2007-09-07
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 10
| 10
| ''[[Mysterious Procession]]''
| ''[[The Mysterious Stockings]]''
| Sumiyoshi Kizuki
| Akihito Toda
| Miki Tanaka
| {{female}} aki<!--Yes, uncapitalized-->
| 2007-11-26
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 11
| 11
| ''[[Mysterious Drum]]''
| ''[[Mysterious Pirate Ship]]''
| Tomokazu Komiya
| Akihito Toda
| [[Kanako Eo]]
| {{female}} Naoko Yanase
| 2008-02-25
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 12
| 12
| ''[[Upside-down Forest]]''
| ''[[The Upside-Down Forest]]''
| Sumiyoshi Kizuki
| [[Creatures]]
| Kizuki Sumiyoshi
| {{female}} Mayumi Sudou
| 2008-10-30
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 13
| 13
| ''[[A Night of Shooting Stars]]''
| ''[[Night of Shooting Stars]]''
|  
| Creatures
| Midori Harada
| {{female}} Mayumi Sudou<br/>{{male}} Ezaki Kouji
| 2009-04-10
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 14
| 14
| ''[[Dunsparce's Game of Tag]]''
| ''[[Nokocchi Tag]]''
| [[Kyoko Umemoto]]
| Creatures
| Mizue Kuroyanagi
| {{female}} Mayumi Sudou<br/>{{male}} Ezaki Kouji
| 2010-02-19
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 15
| 15
| ''[[Cake Mission]]''
| ''[[The Great Cake Caper]]''
| Creatures
| Sumiyoshi Kizuki
| Sumiyoshi Kizuki
| {{female}} Mayumi Sudou<br/>{{male}} Tomonori Tsuchimochi
| 2012-03-28
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| 16
| 16
| ''[[Crustle's Moving]]''
| ''[[Iwapalace Moves House]]''
| Creatures
| [[Naoki Saito]]
| [[Naoki Saito]]
| {{female}} Mayumi Sudou<br/>{{male}} Tomonori Tsuchimochi
| 2012-03-28
|}
|}
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==References==
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File:Pikachu's Day.jpg
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. 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

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


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 for the Advanced Generation of Pokémon.

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 Maze, and The Mysterious Big Clock. 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 Stockings and The Mysterious Drum 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 Line 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 Saitou Kouki ♀ 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 Kizuki Sumiyoshi ♀ 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


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


People, companies, and series related to Pokémon books
Authors and illustrators: Akihito Toda • Bill Michaels • Gregg Sacon • Hiroshi Takase • Howard Dewin • Jason R. Rich
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)
Scholastic (USA) • Shogakukan (Japan) • Shogakukan Asia (Singapore) • VIZ Media (USA)
Series: Element Pokédex • Let's Find Pokémon! • Pathways to Adventure • Pocket Monsters Film Comic • Pocket Monsters Series
Pokémon Adventure Series • Pokémon anime novelization series • Pokémon Junior • Pokémon Keychain Books
Pokémon Pack Pals • Pokémon Reader • Pokémon Tales • The Official Pokémon Fiction • The Official Pokémon Early Reader


Anime adaptations: Pocket Monsters Series • Pokémon anime novelization series • Pokémon anime novelization series (France)
Pokémon the First Movie
Pokémon Encyclopedia: Pocket Monsters Encyclopedia • 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
Detective Pikachu (graphic novel) • Movie Novel (Pokémon: Detective Pikachu)


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