The Pokémon Chapter Books are a series of novels based on Pokémon the Series that were first released from 1999 to 2002. There are 28 books in the series. Several different authors have written books in this series, including Tracey West, Jennifer L. Johnson, Howard Dewin, and Sheila Sweeny. The books were originally written in English, although have been translated to many other languages.
Most of the books are novelizations of episodes of Pokémon the Series, but two of the books have original plots: Race to Danger and Talent Showdown. The books are based on episodes from the first three seasons of Pokémon the Series: Indigo League, Adventures in the Orange Islands, and The Johto Journeys.
The original printing of these books have a distinctive design, with a blurb on the back which consists of a black box with text and several circles featuring different species of Pokémon on its rim. Books in this series usually have a Pikachu next to the page number on each page, except Team Rocket Blasts Off! which instead has Meowth in the corner of the pages.
Books in this series
Original series
Orange Islands
Johto Journeys
Series collections
The eight Orange Island novelizations have been collected as a boxed set with updated covers, titled Pokémon Classic Collection or Pokémon Master Collection (ISBN 9781338193091),[1] which was released on November 1, 2016. Eight Johto Journeys novelizations from Go West, Young Ash to Secrets of the GS Ball have been collected as a boxed set with updated covers, titled Pokémon Adventure Collection (ISBN 9781338284003),[2] which was released on April 1, 2017. They are also available in a 16-book collection known as Pokémon Essential Collection, which was released in December 2016.[3]
In other languages
The Pokémon Chapter Books are known to be translated into Bulgarian, Czech, Canadian French, European French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, and Latin American Spanish.
Trivia
- The books were the first media to show Gary having a Blastoise, seen in Talent Showdown. However, he was also shown with a Charizard and a Venusaur due to the author not actually knowing which one was his first partner Pokémon.[citation needed] Gary's actual first partner was not revealed until The Ties That Bind. Incidentally, the author also depicted Gary owning all the Pokémon he uses during his Champion battle from Pokémon Red and Blue versions except for Gyarados and Pidgeot.
- The novel Race to Danger also states that Pidgeot rejoined Ash after his return from the Orange Islands. However, Pidgeot did not make any physical return appearances in the animated series until at the end of Ash's journey in The Rainbow and the Pokémon Master!, almost 23 years after the release of Race to Danger.
- At the beginning of most of the books, there are lyrics to various songs used in the series. In the books that show Pokémon Theme, the lyric given is "each Pokémon to understand the power that's inside". However, the actual lyric is "teach Pokémon to understand".
References
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