Rudine Sims Bishop Mirrors Windows And Sliding Glass Doors Pdf

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Bishop was awarded the coretta scott king virginia hamilton award for lifetime achievement. 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. Read her essay mirrors windows and sliding glass doors. The award pays tribute to the quality and magnitude of beloved children s author virginia hamilton.

Bishop coined the phrase windows mirrors and sliding glass doors to explain how children see themselves in books and how they. 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. Mirrors windows and sliding glass doors originally appeared in perspectives. In the essay dr.

But if the light is right the window becomes a. Additional resources we used in class. 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. Reflections of the development of african american children s literature.

By rudine sims bishop the ohio state university. In appreciation by sam bloom from reading while white and mirrors windows sliding glass doors curtains featuring debbie reese.