One of the main sources of information when we launched Webkinz World was the Webkinz Guide. Every new member could find the guide in their Dock when they created an account. When it was dragged into a room, the pet could open it and find out all of the latest information about the various features on the site.
However, over the years as Webkinz World grew, it eventually became too much to read in a single guide. And we had also begun adding video tutorials to each location in Kinzville. So the decision was made to stop awarding the Webkinz Guide to new accounts.
Since it could never be traded or sold, those who created an account in the early days still have their Webkinz Guide and can look through it to see what Webkinz World was like back then.