Rudine Sims Bishop Mirrors Windows And Sliding Glass Doors

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.

Rudine sims bishop mirrors windows and sliding glass doors.

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. 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. By rudine sims bishop the ohio state university. The award pays tribute to the quality and magnitude of beloved children s author virginia hamilton.

Choosing and using books for the classroom. Bishop was awarded the coretta scott king virginia hamilton award for lifetime achievement. Additional resources we used in class. Books are sometimes windows offering views of worlds that may be real or imagined familiar or strange.

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. 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. When lighting conditions are just right however a window can also be a mirror. It has been twenty nine years since rudine sims bishop s seminal essay mirrors windows and sliding glass doors was published.

They knew what ncte member rudine sims bishop wisely wrote. Mirrors windows and sliding glass doors originally appeared in perspectives. Mirrors windows and sliding glass doors author. Bishop coined the phrase windows mirrors and sliding glass doors to explain how children see themselves in books and how they.

Professor emerita rudine sims bishop in her home s library a short distance from the columbus campus. 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. Read her essay mirrors windows and sliding glass doors. Reflections of the development of african american children s literature.

By cynthia leitich smith. See also rudine sims bishop.