In the essay dr.
Mirrors windows and sliding glass doors bishop 1990.
By rudine sim bishop.
Choosing and using books for the classroom vol 6 no 3 summer 1990 and the hopes it expresses are just as relevant today.
By cynthia leitich smith in this video from reading rockets rudine sims bishop professor emerita from ohio state university speaks on mirrors windows and sliding doors as metaphors for diversity in children s ya literature.
In appreciation by sam bloom from reading while white and mirrors windows sliding glass doors curtains featuring debbie reese.
Mirrors windows and sliding glass doors author.
Books are sometimes windows offering views of worlds that may be real or imagined familiar or strange.
Rudine sims bishop published an essay about the importance of providing young readers with diverse books that reflect the multicultural nature of the world in which we live.
When lighting conditions are just right however a window can also be a mirror.
These windows are also sliding glass doors and readers have only to walk through in imagination to become part of whatever world has been created and recreated by the author.
The award pays tribute to the quality and magnitude of beloved children s author virginia hamilton.
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These windows are also sliding glass doors and readers have only to walk through in imagination to become part of whatever world has been created or recreated by the author.
Rudine simms bishop coined the terms in her 1990 article mirrors windows and sliding glass doors originally published in the ohio state university perspectives.
Bishop was awarded the coretta scott king virginia hamilton award for lifetime achievement.
This essay originally appeared in perspectives.
Bishop coined the phrase windows mirrors and sliding glass doors to explain how children see themselves in books and how they.
This article seeks to complicate the understanding of bishop s metaphor of mirrors windows and sliding glass doors with particular emphasis on sliding glass doors and the emotional connections needed for readers to move through them the authors begin by examining the importance of the reader and the characters he or she meets.
Choosing and using books for the classroom.
When lighting conditions are just right.
Books are sometimes windows offering views of worlds that may be real or imagined familiar or strange.
