Let's Go Home, Little Bear: A beloved classic from the author of bestselling picture book Owl Babies, for all little bears and their dads

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Little Bear is having a great time, playing in the snowy woods, when he hears a plodding noise that makes him shiver. Suddenly there are scary Plodders and Drippers and Ploppers everywhere. Fortunately, Big Bear is on hand to comfort him.

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"The Waddell/Firth magic shows no sign of losing its spellbinding magic." Books for Keeps"

Author Bio

Born in Belfast, Martin Waddell is the recipient of An Post Irish Book Awards Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award. He was an aspiring football player for many years, before turning his hand to writing. He is now widely regarded as one of the greatest living childrens writers, and has over 220 published titles to his name. He is perhaps best known for Owl Babies, illustrated by Patrick Benson and Farmer Duck, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury; as well as the 1989 Kurt Maschler Award-winning The Park in the Dark and the Little Bear series, both illustrated by Barbara Firth. In 2004, Martin received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for his lasting contribution to childrens literature, the highest career recognition available to a writer or illustrator of childrens books. He lives in Newcastle, County Durham.

Barbara Firth won the Kate Greenaway Medal for Can't You Sleep, Little Bear She illustrated over 30 picture books in her lifetime, including You and Me, Little Bear; Sleep Tight, Little Bear; Let's Go Home, Little Bear; Tom Rabbit; and the 1989 Kurt Maschler Award-winning The Park in the Dark.