Pocket Monsters Series

This article is about the series of Japanese books. For the Pokémon franchise as a whole, see Pokémon. For other uses, see Pokémon (disambiguation).

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The Pocket Monsters Series (Japanese: ポケットモンスターシリーズ) is a series of children's picture books released in Japan.

The stories are roughly based on episodes of the Pokémon anime, sometimes amalgamating elements of more than one episode.In the Greater China region, the manga has been translated to Simplified Mandarin as 神奇宝贝 电视绘本 by Jilin Publishing.

List of books in the Pocket Monsters Series

This list is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this list to add missing information and complete it.

Original series

Cover	Number	Title	Information
	1	いけ ピカチュウ! ロケットだんをやっつけろ!! Go Pikachu! Rocket-dan's Defeated!!	ISBN 409114571X	January 1, 1998
	2	ブルーバッジ ゲット! ニビジム たいけつ!! Blue Badge Get! Nibi Gym Showdown!!	ISBN 4091145728	May 1, 1998
	3	おつきみやまの ピッピが ゆびをふる!! Mt. Otsukimi's Pippi is using Wag Finger!!	ISBN 4091145736	May 1, 1998
	4	ゼニガメ ぐんだんと フシギダネ Zenigame Squad and Fushigidane	ISBN 4091145744	May 1, 1998
	5		ISBN 4091145752	July 1, 1998
	6		ISBN 4091145760	August 1, 1998
	7		ISBN 4091145779	August 1, 1998
	8		ISBN 4091145787	October 1, 1998
	9		ISBN 4091145795	December 1, 1998
	10		ISBN 4091145809	March 1, 1999
	11		ISBN 4091147119	March 1, 1999

Orange Islands

Cover	Number	Title	Information
	12		ISBN 4091147127	June 1, 1999
	13		ISBN 4091147135	June 1, 1999
	14		ISBN 4091147143	July 1, 1999
	15		ISBN 4091147151	September 1, 1999
	16		ISBN 409114716X	December 1, 1999
	17		ISBN 4091147178	December 1, 1999

Gold and Silver

Cover	Number	Title	Information
	18		ISBN 4091148611	February 1, 2000
	19		ISBN 409114862X	April 1, 2000
	20		ISBN 4091148638	July 1, 2000
	21		ISBN 4091148646	August 1, 2000
	22		ISBN 4091148654	May 1, 2001
	23		ISBN 4091148662	April 1, 2002

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

Pokémon books 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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