An analogy by Dr. [[Rudine Sims Bishop]], referring to how various children's literature can vitally provide a reflection of who the reader identifies as (mirrors), insights to people who are not like the reader (window), or provide experiences through imagination to see what life is like for someone who is not like the reader (sliding glass door). >[!quote] >“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 or 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 a larger human experience. Reading, then, becomes a means of self-affirmation, and readers often seek their mirrors in books.”