The stonewall book awards has categories for children and youth including non fiction 1 dr.
Books are mirrors windows and sliding glass doors.
In the essay dr.
Rudine simms bishop coined the terms in her 1990 article mirrors windows and sliding glass doors originally published in the ohio state university perspectives.
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 author.
Choosing and using books for the classroom.
Bishop makes the point that it s crucial for children from marginalized groups to view themselves in the books they read.
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.