The Berenstain Bears: All Aboard!

The Berenstain Bears

by Jan Berenstain, Mike Berenstain (Illustrator)

All aboard with the Berenstain Bears in this adventurous addition to the classic New York Times bestselling series! The Bears are on a steam train trip across Bear Country. Mama and Papa enjoy the scenery, but the cubs want to learn about the train. If they are lucky, Grizzly Jones might let them blow the whistle. Woo-hoo! Beginning readers will feel like they are on board with the Bear family as they pass new sights and find out all about how the train runs. The Berenstain All Aboard! is a Level One I Can Read book, which means it's perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Trains, Animals, Fiction, 2nd Grade, Juvenile

32 pages, Hardcover

First published June 29, 2010

About the author

Stan and Jan Berenstain (often called The Berenstains) were American writers and illustrators best known for creating the children's book series the Berenstain Bears. Their son Mike Berenstain joined them as a creative team in the late 1980s.

Reviews

[Courtney · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Bear family is going on a trip, and not just a simple trip but one with a distance. On this trip to visit family, you will go through bear country and see the different places that they go past. I have learned by now to not expect too much realism in children's novel, but this one did make me giggle at the unrealistic things that they pasted.

I enjoy the Berenstain Bears, I have always liked the lessons that they taught growing up and now I enjoy teaching them to my own children. I will always recommend these stories, even if some of them don't make since sometimes due to the easy-to-read plans. You cannot go wrong with this bear family.

[Katt Hansen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kind of typical 'journey on a train' story. My goodness, that SKI HILL they pass on the journey! I think the illustrator fell asleep at the switch...

[Debbie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not quite as easy for a beginning reader.

[K Morlando · Rating 4 out of 5]

We love the Berenstain bears books!

[Danny · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is my all-time favorite I love trains thank you

[Karah · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was hoping we would find out what happened on the trip after they met up with Aunt Tillie.

Lovely story.

[Alysia · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love reading all the Berenstain Bears books. So cute. Brings back so many memories.

[asiya | アセヤ (free palestine) · Rating 4 out of 5]

The scenery in this book was so pretty. ✨😍✨

AND THAT LAST PAGE WITH AUNT TILLIE>>>>>

🤣 Don't we ALL? 🚂 💕 😊

[Zoey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute story and you learn a little about trains 🚂 let’s go on a trip to visit the Berenstein bears aunt!

[Karin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Who doesn't love a train ride?

[Sherrie · Rating 3 out of 5]

*3.5

[Angelique Jordonna · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think Aunt Tilly has eyes for the trains conductor.

[Cassandra Gelvin · Rating 3 out of 5]

The train to snoozeville.

I learned from this book that a conductor and an engineer are not in fact the same person. ("The more you know" music plays.) Really not terribly interesting. Another super boring story that doesn't go anywhere and really doesn't have a point.

"They couldn't believe they were actually driving a train. Their friends would never believe this story!" Their friends would as bored hearing the story as I was reading it. Their friends wouldn't care.

The Bears go on a train trip. They see some stuff. The kids get to drive the train for a few minutes. They get picked up by their Aunt Tilly, and when Sister says she wants to live in a caboose, Aunt Tilly says, "So do I."

The best part: "Brother and Sister looked down the track. Here came the train! 'WOO-HOO!' went the whistle." Apparently it was very excited.

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[Tam · Rating 3 out of 5]

My 4-year-old likes most of the Berestain Bear books but he wasn't as interested in this one. He's not really into trains so maybe that was part of it. It's classified as a "Beginning Reader 1" book meaning it has simple sentences for eager new readers. It was a little harder than I expected. Most beginning readers that I know would rather have less sentences per page than this book has.

This taught a little bit about trains. The engineer drives the train, the conductor makes sure the train leaves on time, coal is thrown into a fire to make the train go, and at the end of the train the red caboose is a little house on wheels where the conductor lives.

[Tricia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some easy readers stand out because they offer a story AND fun while building reading skills. This book is one of those titles...the reader takes a steam train trip with the bears that makes learning to read more exciting and fun!

[Elizabeth S · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice early-reader experience with the BB. This one is just a fun adventure, without any of the morals or learning experiences found in the regular BB books. (Not that the morals are bad in the regular BB books, I enjoy that too.)

[Vinitha · Rating 3 out of 5]

An early reader book - the problem with this book is it is outdated. Steam engines where coal is loaded is a thing of the past and it is hard to explain it to a 3 year old. Cute illustrations and the friendly bears but totally not suitable for 2013

[ReadingWench · Rating 5 out of 5]

AR 2.0

[Robin · Rating 5 out of 5]

My kids love this book. There are lots of opportunities to make sound effects. It's a fun read.

[Pinky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Brother and Sister Bear take a ride on a train and get to see the engine room.

[Miri · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Berenstain family sets out on a train trip and see wonderful sights from their window on the train.

[Nicki · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[K. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great book for beginning reads!