Mirrors Windows And Sliding Glass Doors Bishop

They knew what ncte member rudine sims bishop wisely wrote.
Mirrors windows and sliding glass doors bishop. Mirrors windows and sliding glass doors originally appeared in perspectives. 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. Bishop was awarded the coretta scott king virginia hamilton award for lifetime achievement. Bishop makes the point that it s crucial for children from marginalized groups to view themselves in the books they read.
Books are sometimes windows offering views of worlds that may be real or imagined familiar or strange. In the essay dr. 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 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.
Choosing and using books for the classroom. 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. By cynthia leitich smith. It has been twenty nine years since rudine sims bishop s seminal essay mirrors windows and sliding glass doors was published.
Read her essay mirrors windows and sliding glass doors. Mirrors windows and sliding glass doors author. By rudine sims bishop the ohio state university. See also rudine sims bishop.
Books are sometimes windows offering views of worlds that may be real or imagined familiar or strange. The award pays tribute to the quality and magnitude of beloved children s author virginia hamilton. In appreciation by sam bloom from reading while white and mirrors windows sliding glass doors curtains featuring debbie reese. Additional resources we used in class.