It has been twenty nine years since rudine sims bishop s seminal essay mirrors windows and sliding glass doors was published.
Books are mirrors windows and sliding glass doors.
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Choosing and using books for the classroom.
An article by rudine sims bishop children s literature scholar and recipient of the coretta scott king virginia hamilton award for lifetime achievement expands this concept even further.
Books are sometimes windows offering views of worlds that may be real or imagined familiar or strange.
Rudine simms bishop coined the terms in her 1990 article mirrors windows and sliding glass doors originally published in the ohio state university perspectives.
Mirrors windows and sliding glass doors author.
Bishop makes the point that it s crucial for children from marginalized groups to view themselves in the books they read.