Don't Judge a Book By Its Cover

Take a chance on a mystery book!

Come to the Main or Branch Libraries to check out our display of books with their covers hidden.

You can judge the wrapped books by the genre and the first line—but not by the cover!

Updated April 22, 2025
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Don't
Trochatos, Litsa 1967-
Paper Book
This cleverly conceived board book appeals to a young child's sense of fun while providing facts about different animals. A series of impossible but delightful-to-imagine cautionary statements are followed by informative explanations:   Don't take a bath with a pig. It...
Judge
Allen, Dwight 1951-
Paper Book
When beloved Judge William Dupree dies at eighty-two, he leaves his widow, two adult sons, and a more than devoted clerk to mourn him. The Judge-gentle, reserved, henpecked, and a lifelong Republican-was appointed to the United States District Court by Richard Nixon. But once on the bench, he...
Book!
Hendrickson, Jason
Paper Book
Willard, a friendly octopus, invites you along on his path to the end of BOOK! Well, you are actually part of the journey... You become the creator of topsy-turvy, buzzy, jumbly route that Willard must take to get to the end. You (and Willard) are joined by Mallard, a quirky & quacky sidekick, to...
By its cover
Leon, Donna
Paper Book
Donna Leon's critically acclaimed, internationally bestselling Commissario Guido Brunetti series has attracted readers the world over with the beauty of its setting, the humanity of its characters, and its fearlessness in exploring politics, morality, and contemporary Italian culture. In the...

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