Judge Judy Sheindlin's You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover: Cool Rules for School

by Judy Sheindlin, Bob Tore (Illustrations)

It's the first day of school, and your teacher looks very tough. You Kids develop a sense of morality at an early age, but parents often need help teaching them how to make good decisions. Judge Judy's first book, Win or Lose by How You Choose!, wowed critics and topped three best-seller lists by presenting kids with questions about real-life dilemmas and asking them to select the right response from a list of choices. In You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover, Family Court judge and popular TV show presenter Judge Judy tackles the moral choices kids encounter every day at school. By setting up recognizable scenarios and then challenging kids to judge which of four responses best fits the case, judge Judy creates a platform for adults and children to talk through the answers together.

Genres: Childrens

96 pages, Paperback

First published February 6, 2001

About the author

Judith Susan Sheindlin , professionally known as Judge Judy, is an American prosecution lawyer, former Manhattan family court judge, television personality, television producer, and author. Since September 1996, Sheindlin has presided over her own successful 3-time Daytime Emmy Award–winning arbitration-based court show series, Judge Judy, produced by CBS Television Distribution.

Sheindlin passed the New York state bar examination in 1965 and became a prosecutor in the family court system. In 1982 New York City Mayor Ed Koch appointed her as a judge, first in criminal court, then later as Manhattan's supervising family court judge in 1986.

It was reported in mid-2012 that Sheindlin was the highest-paid television personality, making $123,000 per day, or $45,000,000 annually for the 52 days per year that she tapes her show. In October 2013 it was reported that Sheindlin was still the highest paid TV star, earning $47 million per year for Judge Judy.

The series has earned her the honorific of "Court Show Queen". Sheindlin is the longest serving judge or arbitrator in courtroom-themed programming history, a distinction that earned Sheindlin a place in the Guinness World Records.

Reviews

[Stephen Chase]

The greatest children's book ever!!!

[bluerose]

This is hilarious and also how I found out Judge Judy is married (or was at the time of publication) to the judge on The People's Court!

[Sherri F.]

This is a very good book elementary school kids to read together with friends or their parents and open a discussion on various moral choices for kids (and adults). Also, JJ gives them a common saying that kids have heard adults say (like "don't judge a book by it's cover," "a sheep in wolf's clothing," etc.) but may not understand, then on next page sets up a scenario/moral question with 4 choices (but no answer). It allows the kid to figure it out on their own then can discuss it with friends, teacher or classmates, or parents to clarify it for them and explain why each answer choice is a good or bad option.

[Ashley]

Self-help

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