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Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors

Children's books that support Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop's belief that books and stories should be windows, mirrors, and sliding glass doors. “Books are sometimes windows, offering views of worlds that may be real or imagined, familiar or strange. 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. Literature transforms human experience and reflects it back to us, and in that reflection we can see our own lives and experiences as part of the larger human experience. Reading, then, becomes a means of self-affirmation, and readers often seek their mirrors in books."

68 items

Across the Bay
Aponte, Carlos (Graphic artist)
Book, 2019New York : Penguin Workshop, 2019. — JE APON
At the Mountain's Base
Sorell, Traci,
Book, 2019New York, NY : Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2019] — E SOR
The Balcony
Castrillón, Melissa
Unknown, 2019New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2019] — JE CAST
Between Us and Abuela
a Family Story From the Border
Perkins, Mitali,
Book, 2019[New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2019] — JE PERK
A Big Bed for Little Snow
Lin, Grace,
Book, 2019New York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2019. — JE LIN
Dancing Hands
How Teresa Carreno Played the Piano for President Lincoln
Engle, Margarita,
Book, 2019New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2019] — JE ENG
The Book Rescuer
How a Mensch From Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come
Macy, Sue,
Book, 2019New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2019] — JB LANSKY
Double Bass Blues
Loney, Andrea J.
Book, 2019New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019. — E LONE
Going Down Home With Daddy
Lyons, Kelly Starling,
Book, 2019Atlanta : Peachtree Publishers, [2019] — E LYON
How to Read a Book
Alexander, Kwame
Book, 2019New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019] — JE ALE
My Footprints
Phi, Bao, 1975-
Book, 2019North Mankato, Minnesota : Capstone Editions, a Capstone imprint, [2019] — JE PHI
My Papi Has a Motorcycle
Quintero, Isabel,
Book, 2019New York : Kokila, [2019] — JE QUI
Planting Stories
the Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpre
Denise, Anika,
Book, 2019New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019] — JE DEN
The Proudest Blue
a Story of Hijab and Family
Muhammad, Ibtihaj, 1985-
Book, 2019New York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, [2019] — JE MUHA
Queen of Physics
How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom
Robeson, Teresa, 1964-
Book, 2019New York : Sterling Children's Books, [2019] — JE-NF *YLW 921 WU
Saturday
Mora, Oge,
Book, 2019New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019. — JE MORA
Small in the City
Smith, Sydney, 1980-
Book, 2019New York : Holiday House, [2019] — JE SMIT
¡Vamos! Let's Go to the Market
Raúl the Third, 1976-
Book, 2019Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2019] — JE GONZ
What Is Given From the Heart
McKissack, Pat, 1944-2017,
Book, 2019New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, [2019] — JE MCKI
When Aidan Became a Brother
Lukoff, Kyle,
Book, 2019New York : Lee & Low Books Inc., [2019] — JE FIC LUKO

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