Mirrors Windows And Sliding Glass Doors Bishop 1990

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.

Mirrors windows and sliding glass doors bishop 1990.

The stonewall book awards has categories for children and youth including non fiction 1 dr. Speaking to the lack of children s books with african american characters and themes the essay called for books to act as windows and mirrors that would allow all children to see themselves and the experiences of others in what they read. In the essay dr. Mirrors windows and sliding glass doors author.

In appreciation by sam bloom from reading while white and mirrors windows sliding glass doors curtains featuring debbie reese. It has been twenty nine years since rudine sims bishop s seminal essay mirrors windows and sliding glass doors was published. The authors begin by examining the importance of the reader and the characters he or she meets. Abstract this article seeks to complicate the understanding of bishop s 1990 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.

Rudine simms bishop coined the terms in her 1990 article mirrors windows and sliding glass doors originally published in the ohio state university perspectives. 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. Choosing and using books for the classroom.