Mirrors windows and sliding glass doors author.
Mirrors windows and sliding glass doors theory.
It has been twenty nine years since rudine sims bishop s seminal essay mirrors windows and sliding glass doors was published.
In the essay dr.
Bishop makes the point that it s crucial for children from marginalized groups to view themselves in the books 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.