Summary Of Building On Windows And Mirrors

Introduction: Tschida, Christina M & Ryan, Caitlin L & Swenson Ticknor, Anne. (2014). Building on Windows and Mirrors… Journal of Children’s Literature (28-30). In most Elementary schools in the United States, the literature is not very diverse. It typically features one race a lot more, and students are led to feel left out. Even when teachers will have diverse books in the classroom, a lot of them are from an outside perspective, so are not fully accurate. To overcome this problem, there are two lenses that would be helpful for teachers: viewing a book as either a window or mirror. These lenses are great used separately, but really flourish when used together. When a book acts as a mirror, we can see ourselves reflected in the book. We may look like the character, have

(2007). My Brother. Random House. My Brother, by Anthony Browne, is about a little sister describing all of the ways that her brother is cool. He can sing, disco dance, write, blow bubbles, run fast, etc. The entire book is the younger sister admiring the brother, and then realizing that she is cool too. The illustrations in this book are very simple with lots of colors. The pictures are interesting because they all appear to be on notebook paper instead of just a plain white background. This book is different from the Berenstain Bears books, because I did not read this one as a child, but was flipping through it and realized that it would be perfect to reflect some of my childhood identity. When I was in elementary school, I loved my older brother so much. I looked up to him and thought he was the most amazing person in the world. Even if he picked on me, I still admired him and thought he was awesome. I can relate to the little sister in the book and how she talks about all of the different things her brother can do and how that makes him cool. Specifically, she talks about how her brother can whistle, and when I was little, my brother could whistle and I was always in