Pokémon Tales

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 afraid to come out of his shell or a hungry . While the initial series comprises 48 books, only 23 were translated into English.
==Pokémon Tales==
EnglishNo.	JapaneseNo.	Title 	Author 	Illustrator 	Original releasedate
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 NumazakiKeiji 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.
EnglishNo.	JapaneseNo.	Title 	Author 	Illustrator 	Original releasedate
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 (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.
EnglishNo.	JapaneseNo.	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.Chinese forum post of announcement They did not actually have ISBNs, though, so they were classified closer to toys than books.ja.wikipedia - ポケモンえほん 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.http://pokemon.g.hatena.ne.jp/okome_chan/20090317
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 GhostCome Out, Squirtle! 	Bulbasaur's TroublePikachu's DayMovie Special: I'm Not Pikachu!
 	Psyduck's Tongue TwistersWhere's Clefairy's Voice?Fly on, ButterfreeDragonite's ChristmasMovie Special 2: Pikachu's Unparalleled Adventure
==References==
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