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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. By rudine sim bishop. Books are sometimes windows offering views of worlds that may be real or imagined familiar or strange. In the essay dr.

Rudine simms bishop coined the terms in her 1990 article mirrors windows and sliding glass doors originally published in the ohio state university perspectives. See also rudine sims bishop. Bishop with her husband james bishop among their art collection in their home. In appreciation by sam bloom from reading while white and mirrors windows sliding glass doors curtains featuring debbie reese.

Bishop makes the point that it s crucial for children from marginalized groups to view themselves in the books they read. Read her essay mirrors windows and sliding glass doors. 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. Bishop was awarded the coretta scott king virginia hamilton award for lifetime achievement.

Bishop coined the phrase windows mirrors and sliding glass doors to explain how children see themselves in books and how they can also learn about the lives of others through literature. Books are sometimes windows offering views of worlds that may be real or imagined familiar or strange. Mirrors windows and sliding glass doors author. When lighting conditions are just right.

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. 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 but if the light is right the window becomes a mirror. Choosing and using books for the classroom. 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.

When lighting conditions are just right however a window can also be a mirror.