The book is a collaboration with ten talented young artists, all under eight, whose drawings appear alongside Mr Browne's.
Children were asked for their ideas about who and what his character Bear would encounter on his travels, following on from the first page he created for a book called Bear's Magic Pencil.
Mr Browne and fellow judges Julia Donaldson, author of The Gruffalo, footballer Theo Walcott and children's TV writer Sarah Ball selected ten winners from more than 1,000 entries to a competition in the Sun newspaper to have their drawings published in the book.
The youngest winner was four-year-old Alfie Graves from Leeds. Alfie impressed judges with his picture of a multi-coloured whale and a bear in a pair of swimming shorts. Another winner was five-year-old Gracie Steele from West Yorkshire, who drew pictures of bees, a snake and a pogo stick.
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