As Big Bear and Little Bear return home from a long walk through the snowy woods, Little Bear is having a wonderful time, jumping and sliding, when...plod, plod, plod, he hears a noise that makes him shiver. Suddenly, the woods have become a frightening place - a place alive with unseen Plodders, Drippers and Ploppers - and poor Little Bear is very scared indeed, But fortunately Big Bear is at hand, full of warmth and good sense and with a broad back on which to bear all his little companion's worries, until the two come safely home to their cave. Martin Waddell, also writes under the pseudonym Catherine Sefton. For Walker Books, he has written "Can't You Sleep, Little Bear?" (Winner of the 1989 Smarties Book Prize and the 1988 Kate Greenaway Medal); "The Park in the Dark" (winner of the 1989 Emil/Kurt Maschler Award); "Rosie's Babies" (winner of the 1990 Best Books for Babies Award); "Farmer Duck" (Winner of the 1991 Smarties Book Prize); "The Hidden House"; "Squeak-a-Lot"; "The Tough Princess"; the "Little Dracula' stories; "Sailor Bear"; "Owl Babies";" Little Mo"; "The Pig in the Pond" and "The Big, Big Sea". Barbara Firth was awarded the 1988 Smarties Book Prize and the 1988 K