Pokémon Deluxe Essential Handbook: The Need-to-Know Stats and Facts on Over 700 Pokémon

by Scholastic Inc.

Gotta read about 'em all! This revised and updated edition of the mega-bestselling Pokemon Essential Handbook includes stats and facts on over 700 Pokemon.
It's everything you ever wanted to know about every Pokemon -- all in one place! This revised and updated edition of the 2012 bestseller has stats and facts on over 700 Pokemon. The book includes 64 new pages focusing on the new Kalos characters that just debuted in the Pokemon X & Y videogames, plus inside info on the new Mega Evolved Pokemon.
This book is an absolute must-have for Pokemon fans. It's sure to be a bestseller with kids of all ages.

Genres: Childrens, Fantasy, Reference, Fiction, Gaming, Video Games, Animals

432 pages, Library Binding

First published July 28, 2015

About the author

For more than 100 years, Scholastic has been meeting children where they are – at school, at home and in their communities – by creating quality content and experiences, all beginning with literacy. Scholastic delivers stories, characters, and learning moments that empower all kids to become lifelong readers and learners through bestselling children's books, literacy- and knowledge-building resources for schools including classroom magazines, and award-winning, entertaining children's media.

Reviews

[☠Kayla☠ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book! Its like having your very own pokedex for gens 1 through 6. I use this book almost every time I go pokemon hunting on pokemon go. It's great when catching a pokemon that you dont know. This book tells you all its evolutions and any information you need to know about it, including all its possible moves and the correct way to pronounce its name. This book is great for new and experienced trainers alike.

[Célia | Estante de Livros · Rating 4 out of 5]

Confesso que nunca liguei aos Pokémons até que, em julho passado, chegou a febre da aplicação Pokémon Go. Na verdade, estas criaturas (os pocket monsters) foram criadas em 1995 e apareceram originalmente em jogos do Game Boy, mas o universo foi entretanto expandido a séries de animação, filmes, mangas e cartas colecionáveis, entre outros.

2016 assistiu a um renascimento do interesse pelos Pokémons muito por culpa da aplicação Pokémon Go, que conseguiu arrecadar uns impressionantes 600 milhões de dólares nos primeiros três meses de funcionamento. Como muita gente, decidi experimentar o jogo quando apareceu e tenho jogado desde então. Muita da piada é fazê-lo com o meu filho, que adora apanhar Pokémons, fazer evoluções e treinar/lutar em ginásios, e por isso tenho vindo a aprender os nomes das criaturas, os seus poderes e particularidades.

Fiquei muito contente quando encontrei este livro na minha caixa de correio há um par de dias e, desde então, eu e o meu filho temos vindo a ver os Pokémons um a um, e a conhecer alguns novos que ainda não estão presentes na aplicação. O Pokémon Go tem, por enquanto, apenas criaturas da primeira geração (e alguns bebés de gerações posteriores que apenas podem ser obtidos através da incubação de ovos), mas a lista de Pokémons – o famoso Pokédex – já conta atualmente com cerca de 800 diferentes. Este livro inclui 720 Pokémons, excluindo por isso os mais recentes, da sétima geração, que apareceram este ano na série Pokémon Sun and Moon.

Pokémon – O Guia Oficial e Definitivo consiste, portanto, na listagem de todos os Pokémons existentes até à sexta geração, incluindo uma secção para cada um deles, que nos dá conta das suas características principais, jogadas possíveis, forma de pronúncia do nome e as evoluções relacionadas, acompanhados pela ilustração do Pokémon em causa. As várias criaturas aparecem listadas alfabeticamente, numa composição graficamente apelativa, na qual apenas senti a falta da numeração oficial de cada uma delas no Pokédex oficial.

De um modo geral, é um livro divertido, que se presta a bons momentos em família, consistindo numa espécie de resumo da matéria dada para os fãs (novos ou mais antigos) deste media franchise.

[Sophie Crane · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is great! Just got into pokemon properly since the 1st pokemon game. Got pokemon sun for my birthday, it doesnt show the newer pokemon as this book was around before the pokemon sun game but it tells me about the other pokemon I have come across throughout the game.

Fun to learn about the evolutions and variations and names!

Good for anyone starting the pokemon craze!

[Vonia · Rating 4 out of 5]

I started reading this because so many people close to me love Pokemon. Yes, to the nerdy-ridiculous-I-know-more-than-seven-hundred-by-name-and-their-statistical-details-and-will-tell-you-precisely-why-this-Pokemon-is-the-best-in-battle-but-that-one-over-there-is-far-better-once-fully-evolved-but-out-of-fairy-Pokemon-only-then-again-it-really-depends-on-the-battle-circumstances-not-that-I-actually-show-off-about-all-this-but-I-have-been-playing-for-almost-two-decades point. I know at least four individuals close to me that fit this description. Not to put any of them in a box...

Anyways, it started as a mild interest in finding out what exactly drew these people I loved away from me into the recesses of their imaginations. Of course, I grew up with Pokemon, but only add much as I watched the show most afternoons. That was the extent of my exposure. I figured there were maybe fifty Pokemon. Right. As of 2013, it seems there are 720.

Anyhow, this Handbook is the best that I have found out there, as far as for an amateur beginner like me. Awesome full color pictures, full statistics, background on what region they hail from, pronunciation, height, weight, possible moves, evolution process. All in alphabetical order.

I guarantee you even the most seasoned trainers would love to have this on-hand for quick reference.

Awesome!

[Willow · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite Pokemon are Oshawott and Pikachu and Snorlax.

[Juan Rodriguez · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is good if you like Pokémon. It's like a pokedex from the real Pokémon show it shows all there evelotions and there stats and what they can have when they evolve. I give this book a 5 star!. The book has all the Pokémon in name order and they show all the legendary Pokémon that you never knew about. This book is full of surprises. My favorite Pokémon in this book is Vaperion evolveation of Eevee

[Levi]

I would recommend this to you if you like Pokémon, because it tells you about all the Pokémon in the world!!!

[John Hærnes · Rating 5 out of 5]

I want to be the very best
Like no one ever was
To catch them is my real test
To train is my cause
I cba

[JOSHUA]

GOOD

[Jimmy Rodríguez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un libro entretenido dedicado a los fans de la franquicia. Nos muestran el listado completo de los Pokémon que existen e información sobre cada uno de ellos.

[Andrea Norton · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great Pokédex for any type of fan, from the 90's to today. The pictures are bright and bold, the Pokémon Facts from the Pokédex are great, and move sets are listed.

While I am giving this five stars, there are two issues to address:

Do not buy this if you want a book in National Pokédex Order. This is in alphabetical order, beginning with Abomasnow and ending with Zygarde on page 432. A side note is that the Pokédex number is not listed by each Pokémon, and neither is its generation. The generation issue can be easily worked around if you know which generations came from which region as the regions are listed next to each Pokémon.

What I did was grab an alphabetical list of Pokémon and hand wrote each Pokédex number by each Pokémon. That approach takes time and effort for 720 Pokémon. Why not 721, as there are currently 721 (this review is pre-Sun and Moon)? That's the second issue

The newest Pokémon to be added to this book is 720, Hoopa (Confined and Unbound are both shown). Volcanion is 721 and is not in the book at all. This makes sense given the publish date and to me, it is just a minor set back.

This is a great resource to have in any Pokémon collection. I recommend it for adults and kids alike to enjoy the world of Pokémon, expand their knowledge, and have fun!

[Camilo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un libro visualmente impecable, imágenes nítidas y apropiadas para cada Pokémon sin embargo si le hace falta tener una descripción de cada uno mejor ya que son simples y en ocasiones no tienen información relevante o que agregue valor; para un consumidor normal el libro puede ser fascinante (si es que lo llega a adquirir) pero para un fan de la historia es un libro rayando en lo básico.

No me gusta el orden alfabético de la guía pero no es algo que pueda decidir y con la fecha de lanzamiento hubieran esperado y así agregaban la última generación para que quedara completa.

[Leon Enciso · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reto 40- 2017 Book Challenge: Un libro que hayas comprado en un viaje.

Tiene varias fallas, se equivocaron en varios pokemon con el tipo y hay varias letras que estan de mas, pero igual se disfruta si eres un fan de Pokémon aunque no sea la gran cosa :P

[Jamesi Aardvark · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pokemon is AWSOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM¡!!!!!!!!!!!!!!¡!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!¡¡!!!!!!!!!!!!!!¡!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ren Holt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best book to read i you are a big fan of pokemon like my self

[Ovary Scary · Rating 5 out of 5]

i bought this book today. i had to. i'm a huge fan of pokemon.

pokemon, the game anyway, came out when i was a kid and i've loved it ever since. i had the old handbook of when there were only 151 pokemon. i seen this sitting in the store today for ten bucks and i couldn't say no.

i felt just like a kid again. these books helped me learn enough about pokemon that i didn't have to look up anything because i knew the different types, their strengths and weaknesses.

although i do think it's amazing, it would have been nice to know what levels the pokemon evolve at, it just tells you the mega evolution and if they don't evolve at all. it would also be nice if it told you the strengths and weaknesses, even though some of them are still easy enough to remember, i think it would give it the next little thing that it would need to be perfect.

so why five stars if those things are missing? simply because i still love it so much.

[Leonardo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me gustó mucho porque empecé a descubrir la región de algunos pokémon y así me enteré de cuales eran los pokémon que podías elegir para iniciar tu viaje, tipo fuego, tipo agua, o tipo planta.

Eventualmente cuando un pokémon tipo fuego lucha contra un tipo planta, tiene una ventaja de tipo ya que el tipo agua tiene ventaja al tipo fuego, el tipo fuego tiene ventaja al tipo planta y el tipo planta tiene ventaja al tipo agua, así es como el uno le gana al dos, el dos le gana al tres y el tres le gana al uno.

Se los recomiendo a todos los niños entre 7 y 15 años.

[Emma Wellner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pokemon essential handbook. Goodreads review #1 quarter 2

the Pokemon essential handbook by Scholastic inc. has no real plot or setting, as it is a nonfiction book.the characters are almost all the Pokemon in the franchise, from Abomasnow to Zygarde.


I think this book is worth a read. It makes you want to come in for a second read. It also helps you learn about Pokemon in a quick one easy way. I think you should give this a read.

[Julieanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an excellent book for any Pokemon fan. The book covers every Pokemon for Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, and the Kalos regions as they are pictured in the Pokemon anime series. The book provides information about the Pokemon as well as detailed illustrations of each species for excellent drawing reference of just for an easy reference for identifying a Pokemon you may have forgotten.

[Garrett Emile · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pokémon are crazy. There’ll be “this is lil Lu. He just wants a hug!” And then there’ll be “this is the Black Death. You can’t run, you can’t hide, he’ll find you. And he won’t end you, no, he will store and torture your soul for a thousand years, and then he’ll use what remains of you as a lighter for his cigar.”

[Joey Darland · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very useful. I suggest this to anyone who is having problems understanding a Pokemon they have in their game. I wish that there was generation 7 Pokemon. Which would be helpful for people playing the most recent Pokemon games.

[H.R. · Rating 3 out of 5]

A really good collection of Pokemon and easy to tell the evolutions and whatnot, but as far as learning where they are and how they evolve the book is lacking. Would recommend to someone who had never seen the guides for the games before.

[Cade · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was my childhood, I highly recommend it to anyone who loves the original Pokémon series. This was made before all that sun and moon Pokémon stuff. As a kid I always had this book on me when watching the Pokémon shows!

[Jamie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Basically just a physical pokedex. It has lovely, vibrant artwork.

[Nagorutoku · Rating 5 out of 5]

quiero leer este libro ya que me encanta la serie de pokemon

[Hannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is very helpful.
Has all Pokemon in .
Your favorite Pokemon from every region are all here under this book.

[Galion Public Library Teens · Rating 5 out of 5]

Review by W.R. : "My favorite Pokemon is Evee and all its types."

[Peta Williams · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great for finding just about any pokemon, except it is a little difficult finding what page you want as the layout is hard to work out...

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

My son has read the entries to me at least a billion times. 🙂

[Stefani · Rating 5 out of 5]

A colorful I sight to the world of Pokemon. Fun to relate back to after playing Pokemon Go.