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Mirrors windows and sliding glass doors bishop 1990.
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.
Rudine simms bishop coined the terms in her 1990 article mirrors windows and sliding glass doors originally published in the ohio state university perspectives.
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.
Bishop was awarded the coretta scott king virginia hamilton award for lifetime achievement.
By rudine sim bishop.
Read her essay mirrors windows and sliding glass doors.
They knew what ncte member rudine sims bishop wisely wrote.
Bishop coined the phrase windows mirrors and sliding glass doors to explain how children see themselves in books and how they.
It has been twenty nine years since rudine sims bishop s seminal essay mirrors windows and sliding glass doors was published.
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.
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.
Books are sometimes windows offering views of worlds that may be real or imagined familiar or strange.
Mirrors windows and sliding glass doors author.
The award pays tribute to the quality and magnitude of beloved children s author virginia hamilton.
See also rudine sims bishop.
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 or recreated by the author.
Choosing and using books for the classroom vol 6 no 3 summer 1990 and the hopes it expresses are just as relevant today.
Books are sometimes windows offering views of worlds that may be real or imagined familiar or strange.
This essay originally appeared in perspectives.
In appreciation by sam bloom from reading while white and mirrors windows sliding glass doors curtains featuring debbie reese.