Bishop makes the point that it s crucial for children from marginalized groups to view themselves in the books they read.
Mirrors windows and sliding glass doors article.
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.
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.
Windows mirrors sliding glass doors and maps teach it for ward 0 there seems lit tle chance of devel op ing the humil i ty so urgent ly need ed for world coƶper a tion instead of world con flict as long as our chil dren are brought up on gen tle dos es of racism through their books.
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.