OK, I'll admit I couldn't resist buying this book of snippets from the timeless Winnie the Pooh books by AA Milne.

At about 70 mm x 54 mm x 10 mm (2,8" x 2,1" x 0,4") even booklet is too heavy a word for it.

The tricky part was how to squeeze a BC label into the front cover. The release bag shouldn't be a problem, though: even a plastic bank bag for coins will do.

(Bought second-hand at Help the Rural Child Charity Bookshop, Main Road, Retreat.)

Let's face it, this is deep wisdom: wisdom of the kind one gets at the bottom of honey pots! The excerpts are by necessity brief and out of context, to such an extent that I think readers not familiar with the Pooh stories will wonder what it's all about.

Perhaps that is the trick: hopefully this will spark enough interest for new readers to go look for the Winnie the Pooh books* and for old readers to reread theirs. They certainly deserve to be reread for generations to come.

As always, the drawings by EH Shepard are a delight.

* Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner by AA Milne

So, maybe this minute little book should set out to spread the word of Pooh to today's children. I'll give it to a friend with young children, suggesting she follows the following steps:

• Join BookCrossing if you haven't done so already. That will ensure that you are notified of future journal entries on this book as it continues its journey.
• 'Catch' the book by making an online journal entry.
• Read the book with your children.
• Make another journal entry to say what your children thought about the book and BookCrossing.
• Release the book to another parent with young children and ask her/him to repeat these steps.
• If you want, go find yourself copies of the Pooh books or reread the ones you already have.

(The picture by EH Shepard included with this entry comes from the original book.)

If you are new to BookCrossing and found this book, welcome! Enjoy the site, the book, and the BookCrossing community.

BookCrossing has not taken off in a big way in South Africa yet, but there are a number of dedicated BookCrossers across the country who are actively involved to grow the concept. A discussion group for BookCrossers in the wider Cape Town area, BCct, was set up to make it easier to arrange meetups or to spread local news. If you are a BookCrosser from this part of the world or planning a visit, please feel free to join. Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcct for more information.

Whether you decide to join or not, please make a journal entry — now, and again when you decide to release the book to continue its journey.

Die kids loved this little book and the parents as well.