Pikachu in Love

Pokemon Reader #1

by Tracey West

A brand-new, full-color, easy-to-read format featuring popular Pokemon, Pikachu and Togepi.

Pikachu is in love with Team Rocket! Team Rocket drank a love potion made in the Flower of a Pokemon named Shuckle. Now any Pokemon who looks at them falls in love! Can Ash and his friends stop Team Rocket before they steal all the lovestruck Pokemon?

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Chapter Books

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Tracey West is the New York Times bestselling author of Dragon Masters, a series in the Scholastic Branches line. She has written more than 400 books for kids, including the Pixie Tricks series and the Underdogs series with Kyla May.

Some readers also know Tracey for writing books based on animation such as Pokémon and LEGO Ninjago.

She currently lives in the western Catskills of New York with her husband, Bill; their adopted dogs; and a whole mess of chickens.

Reviews

[Kaotic · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tracey West is my favorite writer for Pokemon. He is just great.

This was a cute, short story about a special formula made using Shuckle that make Pokemon fall in love with you!

It's good for budding readers, set in easy to understand paragraphs.

[Halley Todd · Rating 1 out of 5]

If your patrons love Pokemon, then this is a good easy reader for them, even though purchasing it will make librarians cringe. One day, Ash, Brock, and Misty meet an old man named Old Man Shuckle. He creates a rare juice that makes Pokemon easier to train and catch after they drink it. He sends our heroes out to catch a rare blue Shuckle so he can get the juice out of its shell. However, Team Rocket catches first! Jessie drinks the juice, and all of the Pokemon fall in love with her.
The text is white and large, which make it easy to read against the full color pages. The illustrations are the biggest disappointment. It is clear that they are just images from the television series that are just printed for this easy reader. They depict the actions that the characters do, which can be helpful. While professionals will dislike this book for it's lack of character development and cheating with by using screen shots from the television show, younger readers will like it for those same reasons. The characters are familiar, and the text is very easy to read. This is recommended as an additional purchase for readers ages 5 to 7. However, if your patrons are demanding more Pokemon tomes, then this would be a recommended purchase.

[Leah · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am hosting a pokemon day at my local library and I thought this book would make for a quick and fun storytime read. This book is adorable, as a pokemon fan that remembers watching the first movie in theaters and the show on TV this book brought back memories.

[Kelly]

It's less about Pikachu in love and more about a special potion someone in the Pokemon world makes that makes Pokemon fall in love with you. Kind of creepy if you ask me.

[Doniell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rally hard to read this book aloud - Especially for a level 2 reader.

[Rowen · Rating 5 out of 5]

oo lolo pikachu is in looooooove .LRHFEHRGLUHHFHGDKYEHRKYFGRKGFUYGRFIUGRYUGFLIYGUGYFKUYGRKYUFGKUSEGRKFUYGSEUKRGLFUGSEKURGFKYUGSDKUGFYKUYEGSKFGHVUSGRFJHSUYERGDFUYGKEUSGDFGDFKUYGEKUYGFKYDGFKHSDGFGSDFHSDGFCYUSGDYFHGOUYDGFDGFUYGSEUYFGISUEGSFUSEGFLIASGEFUKYDSGFYUGSDUKYFKHASYGFAUKGFHLIAUWEFYFGAEIURLFHYAEYUOWGFILUAEHYFUGAWEIUFGAEYUFY087W4TGRYAWGEYDT374YR7374P84Q3YHRUI3HRYUWEGRU34GRYFEWUYFGHIUEYGFYUGHREIHFWEYTFGDIUWEAHUYAWEGRIUEGRSFYWEUHRFUGEWIYFTGWEGFWAEYGFUWAEEGFTYESDGEUWigduywG78WY3EHRDUYWQEFGDewygfoyuiej hgfyuwefygegfrfg ygeygfwyuadgsdutdg8wuetdweytdff76eDTFWEQTEGYFGEWGFFEUYAGDYUEWGGRFETGDYUSEGDYTEGFATWEFDWAEYTYDGWEDYT7WYHFDYUSAEEHFYDSGFJSGDUHVERUIFHSADUIGWEUDGwe78dywDYWYWEDYGQ*7tdto8WETID8WEO87DI76AWEYAEWGEDYUAYGERIYAWGDYAWEGFGEAUTYDAWEGDFTTEWFDFTYAFWEYDFAWEYTDFAWYETFDTAYWTYDFWAEYDFAWYTDYHAWYFUDAWEYFDYUTUFYUYF

[F.R. Southerland · Rating 5 out of 5]

My daughter loves Pokemon and was absolutely enthralled with this story.

[Trey Auntie Paige · Rating 3 out of 5]

"2.5 stars. Or a solid 2 and three-quarters."

[William · Rating 5 out of 5]

A pretty cute read

[Melenia · Rating 5 out of 5]

A cute read aloud with my son

[Christine Joy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Spoopie fan club!

[Cassandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fun, cute little story for any Pokemon lover!

[Brigid · Rating 2 out of 5]

Don’t ask

[Rayjan Koehler · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute Pokemon book for young Pokemon fans.

It does change from Brock's gen 1 to gen 3 outfit for no obvious reason, but there don't appear to be any spelling or grammatical errors that I notice.

[Amy Mccarty]

!!!12/18/13MD

[Angie Perreault · Rating 3 out of 5]

Les images ne sont pas belles. On dirait des photocopies. Il manque une trame à cette histoire qui est un résumé d épisodes.

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Crappy pictures, dumb story--but my son loves it! It's a nice Valentine's Day present for him.