Put Your Shoes On & Get Ready!
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Publisher Description
From Georgia's first Black Senator Raphael Warnock comes an inspiring picture book about finding your dreams and making your mark in the world.
Before Raphael Warnock became a pastor and the first Black senator from Georgia, he was a little boy whose father told him to get up, get dressed, put on his shoes, and get ready! So that’s what he did, along every step of his journey. From his work boots to his marching band shoes to his shiny lace-ups, Senator Reverend Warnock found the right shoes to fit his feet and to carry him toward his dreams.
This inspirational story, with bold, brilliant art by TeMika Grooms, follows Raphael Warnock’s journey from Savannah, Georgia, to the United States Senate and shows young readers that they, too, can find the power to be themselves and make a difference when they have the shoes that fit their feet.
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In this anecdotal picture book, Georgia's first Black senator revisits his childhood, offering takeaways that young readers can step into. As a boy, Warnock sometimes resists his father's daily call to "Get up! Get dressed! Put your shoes on and get ready!" Slipping on his dad's boots instead of his own prompts this guidance: "You've got to put the right shoes on for the work you're meant to do." His dad models this, working on weekdays and preaching on weekends: "During the week, my father lifted broken cars, and on Sundays... he lifted people." Inspired to become a preacher himself, Warnock realizes "I didn't have the shoes for that job yet," but grows into them through college and adulthood, becoming senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church, once led by Martin Luther King Jr. Foregrounding portraiture and images of figures' footwear, Grooms's illustrations have the sweep of murals, portraying characters of varying abilities and skin tones, and communicating Warnock's purpose-driven efforts. Ages 4–8.
