Pokemon: Essential Handbook

I cannot say enough good things about this Pokémon essential handbook. If you have a young child interested in pokemon and want to encourage reading this is a great book to do that. My son is 6 and constantly reads the book from cover to cover. We keep it in the car and take it to restaurants to occupy his mind. it has vivid pictures and shows clearly how each pokemon evolves from one form to the next. It also comes with the pronunciations of the words so they can sound them out on their own. Each page has detailed information on the pokemon characters. My son finds this so interesting. I love seeing him read! I highly recommend this book!

I realize that this is now outdated with the release of Pokemon X/Y, but my almost-7-year-old has just started to get into Pokemon (he's playing his first one) and I bought this for him to flip through, and he's in love with it. GREAT purchase and GREAT deal. Some of the Pokemon found in X/Y are still included in this guide (since they brought back old ones, but the new ones aren't in it) and he just loves flipping through to see if he can find the ones he's caught. Easy to read and understand. The pages are a little flimsy and not as heavy duty as I'd have liked, but it's a really big thick book and a fantastic deal at this price, if you're ordering for a young boy or girl it'll be a hit. A+!

Having been a Pokémon fan since childhood I always wanted a complete book that had every one listed. This book includes a picture, height, weight, type, evolution(s) a short description and more. A bit of a criticism that didn't bother me but may pique hard-core fans a bit is that the Pokémon are listed alphabetically not by number. I found this easier than the number order though. It includes all Pokémon up to Black and White. X and Y are not included but if the next book that comes out that includes them is just like this one I would absolutely purchase it. Just one last thing, the height and weight with some of the pokemon seem a little off when you consider them in relation to others and if you've seen them on the show or in movies and compare these with the stats it seems a bit wonky. Almost like they did each pokemon individually and did not consider them in relation to any of the others.

My son is really into learning all about Pokemon. I decided to get this book for his birthday gift. I didn't expect much for the low price I paid, but when it arrived, I couldn't believe how nice it was. A nice thick sturdy book, with page after shiny page of Pokemon stats and character information. He couldn't put it down. He carried it around for 6 months, spouting fact after fact, until I was ready to send the book back! After all that wear and tear, the book still looks almost new. I would definitely recommend this book to any Pokemon fans who want to know the characters, their evolutions, their stats and their pronunciations.

My young son loves this book. It is detailed enough to hold a young reader’s interest without being so complicated they lose interest. It is also thick enough that it will be used by young Pokemon fans on a regular basis. The sheer number of Pokemon covered in the book is a major asset and definitely helps hold the interest of grade school age kids.It also has an added benefit of motivating kids to read. The fact the book is broken up by Pokemon characters makes it ideal for young readers to read a little at a time and stay within their attention span. It is definitely a good buy for young readers who are also young Pokemon fans.

This has the most poke info i could find in a single book on every pokemon out there. I just wish they were listed in pokedex order!!The alphabetization makes it easy to find the one you need to get info on, but what is the point of a number system if you're not gonna use it. Call me oldschool, but I want to see each of these next to their corresponding eras, and evolutions, CHAR, Char and Char, not mixed around all crazy like! Otherwise the pictures and quality of print is great. Good quick reference to these characters. More background on each would be nicer instead of a potential list of moves. Way less interesting than a nice intro paragraph would have been. BUT THIS IS BUILT FOR CHILDREN SO THERES THAT TO CONSIDER.Well put together and easy to use. I also like that the evolutions are shown on each pokemon page regarding paths.For ExampleEvee shows all the different elemental evolutions on its page, but the individual evolutions only show evee and itself.Not having been keeping up with this stuff since 2001, it's nice to get back in and discover a whole bookful of creatures I have never heard of before.

Bought for sons bday. He loves it. All of them (4) sit and look at book every day. This truly gets used daily. It is already falling apart from use. It is loved. They even like playing the Pokemon video games and as they come across new Pokemon they look it up in the Pokemon book. I had no idea a book would ever be used so much, but they truly love it.It has every Pokemon in it, listed in ABC order. It shows the Pokemons photo, their moves, height, weight, how to pronounce their name, and it shows what they evolve into or it will say if they do not evolve.Pretty awesome book. Very thorough and a Pokemon fan must have.

Great shape ty

Excelente livro para colecionadores! As páginas são coloridas e as folhas possuem boa qualidade. Alguns pokémons foram ilustrados e descritos em uma única página. Embora as informações sejam básicas, o conteúdo é interessante pra fãs iniciantes.

This book has become my 9 year-old nephews new take-everywhere read everything over and over reference to all his favorite Pokemon. From the region of origin, stage of evolution, strengths and weaknesses, and vital stats, this will give your little Pokemon addict heaps of brightly colored fun facts at a glance. Almost as good as the online Pokedex, but more portable and low tech. (Hint: Quieter)

This book was for my daughter as a b'day gift. She is eight years old and loves watching Pokemon cartoon. Whenever she sits down to watch the cartoon I had noticed that she sits with a notepad and pencil and writes down all the names of the Pokemon she hears on that particular episode. One day I asked her why she does that, she said that it was competition among her friends to know most of the names of the Pokemon. In fact, she had written down more than 150 names. So, one day while I was browsing the book section of amazon.in I noticed this particular book and thought it would be a perfect gift for my daughter. She was very happy to receive it. She has completed drawing all the Pokemon characters from the book. She enjoys sharing this book with her friends. Thank you Amazon. The delivery was prompt and price reasonable. Once again thanks.

Lo pedí para mi hijo, que tiene 5 años, y le encantó. El libro es exactamente lo que queríamos: una guía de los distintos Pokémon (hasta el año de edición) con dibujos fantásticos y toda la información sobre cada uno de ellos. Es una delicia.

This was a purchase for my son. He likes it a lot and it's well read already. It is not an exhaustive list of every single Pokémon in existence, but is a good book all the same. I guess they have a lot of new Pokémon since this book was written or they just excluded some for whatever reasons. It gives a run down of stats and basic facts for many different Pokémon. It includes many well known and a lot of legendary pokemon. If this book has a basic of a pokemon it will also have all of its evolutions. The Pokémon are all listed in alphabetical order and there are images and names of the evolutions of each pokemon at the bottom of every profile within the book. Or if states they do not evolve for those Pokémon who don't.It is a good purchase for anyone wanting more detailed information on pokemon, maybe a young fan that is just starting to get into Pokémon. This may whet their appetite. I hope this review is useful to somebody.