Additional resources we used in class.
Mirrors windows and sliding glass doors pdf.
Books are sometimes windows offering views of the world that may be real or imagined familiar or strange.
Choosing and using books for the classroom.
Reflections of the development of african american children s literature religious diversity children s literature green.
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Bishop makes the point that it s crucial for children from marginalized groups to view themselves in the books they read.
Book list for sixth formers and confident older readers.
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.
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.
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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.
In the essay dr.
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 author.
Mirrors windows and sliding glass doors.
In appreciation by sam bloom from reading while white and mirrors windows sliding glass doors curtains featuring debbie reese.
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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.
By cynthia leitich smith.
When lighting conditions are just right however a window can also be a mirror.
It has been twenty nine years since rudine sims bishop s seminal essay mirrors windows and sliding glass doors was published.