Amy’s Kourt is an excellent book to teach young people about the court
system from understanding the roles of judges and bailiffs to identifying
plaintiffs and defendants. Terminology is presented to better understand
the role that attorneys and jurors play on the judicial stage. Amy’s Kourt is
a fun book to read for all ages.
Amy begins her judicial career at age 7 in her neighborhood. Over
the years, her role expands into becoming a school judge and ultimately
starting her own private court system. Amy is loved and respected,
especially by a wealthy businessman that leaves Amy his fortune so that
she can continue to help the community. Amy’s younger sister, Cynthia is
Amy’s twin, separated by seven years in age. Amy and Cynthia together
create a help center that provides clothing, emergency housing, and
food in very non-traditional ways. The reader will understand about the
help center when two little girls ask for shoes. When asked what kind of
shoes they would like, the girls reply, “The kind that don’t have holes in
the bottom.” Amy recognizes that the working poor are represented by
those families occupying big homes and owning things like motorhomes
and boats. Parents can’t meet their children’s basic needs and still pay for
expensive recreational vehicles. As a result, the children often go without
as pride prevents this type of parent from accepting help. Amy’s tenacity
brings help where needed.
Amy’s Kourt is a book about helping others when you have the means
to help. Amy teaches about caring and sharing with others, while expecting
those being helped to do the things necessary to help themselves.
