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.
Books as mirrors windows and doors.
In some ways we are the same and in some ways we are different.
It has been twenty nine years since rudine sims bishop s seminal essay mirrors windows and sliding glass doors was published.
Rudine sims bishop in a pivotal 1990 essay.
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Books open windows and doors to new experiences ideas and people.
Books also provide a window to diversity that you and your family might not encounter on a daily basis.
Books are sometimes windows offering views of worlds that may be real or imagined familiar or strange.
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When we provide our children with mirrors and windows children notice similarities and differences.
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Books as mirrors windows and doors by margaret hollar special to the moultrie news.