This pokemon book is a good example of the cute, mostly nonviolent children’s fare that makes up the bulk of animation shown on Japanese TV. Most of the plots are extremely formulaic, and have built-in prosocial messages. In a typical episode, our heroes come across a Pokemon (a magical kind of animal) that has been abandoned or neglected by its owner. Through care, hard work, and love, the Pokemon is recruited to our heroes’ side. Kindness to animals and loyalty to friends is stressed, a similar message one hopes children would learn from their virtual pets like Tamagotchi. To be sure, there is a lot of action in pokemon book s, during stylized martial arts sequences in which the Pokemon get to show off their special skills. By and large, however, parents need not worry about their children being dulled by senseless violence.
It’s cool.
I like that it has pages and stickers to fill in for every Pokemon. (Mom for Collin, age 6)
A Suprize Hit
My initial response was that the book had a lot of empty pages and 4 sheets of very detailed but small stickers. However the childen loved it. It keeps them busy especially childen six years and up. But it’s not really suitable for the younger children, not flashy enough. I would suggest one of the other publications with less stickers
Fun!
This book is a cool introduction to 33 of the new Pokemon. The best ones without doubt are Quagsire (blue platypus), Quilava (blue and white fire starter Pokemon stage 1 evolution), Bayleef (green grass Pokemon stage 1 evolution that supposedly emits a spicy smell from its neck’s leaves-I love that, it reminds me of candles), Hoppit (”Cottonweed Pokemon;,” isn’t that an adorably precious name? Cute lil’ pink thing that blows in the wind and predicts storms in the show), and Elekid (electric type that looks like an outlet plug). The book tells about them and gives you a sticker for each, plus stickers of lots of old Pokemon, too, in cool poses. There are a few mistakes, like calling Hoppit Hoppip and Maril Mareep, but that aside, it’s really pretty cool. You can fill it out as you make your way to becoming a Pokemom master!
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1016896 in Books
- Published on: 1999-09
- Format: Illustrated
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 48 pages
