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.
Mirrors windows and sliding glass doors theory.
Bishop makes the point that it s crucial for children from marginalized groups to view themselves in the books they read.
In the essay dr.
When lighting conditions are just right however a window can also be a mirror.
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.