About The Book

About the Book

Front and Back Cover of Grandpa's White Cane

When the book is opened to see the front and back covers, Spearfish Creek along the walk path becomes visible.

About the Authors

Authors Joanna Jones and Jim Hoxie.

Jim Hoxie worked as a professional forester. He spent many years hunting and gardening. His eyesight greatly declined and in 2017 he attended the Central Blind Rehabilitation Center, Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Chicago. It was there he learned living skills training, technical training with the I-phone, computer skills, and orientation and mobility training. The highlight was the orientation and mobility training with the tall white cane. Today, Jim shares his story through the children's picture book entitled Grandpa's White Cane.

Joanna Jones taught school for forty years. She has helped friends write children's picture books. Today, living in New Mexico, she is reading and sharing the books she has written with new friends.

Alex Portal worked for the Black Hills Pioneer newspaper as a freelance editorial cartoonist, photographer and reporter. He won several awards for his cartoons including “Best Original Editorial Cartoon” from the South Dakota Newspaper Association. He used mixed media to illustrate Grandpa's White Cane.

Jim’s Journey with the White Cane

Jim’s story shows how challenges can lead to purpose. Through training and determination, he gained independence and began educating others around the world.

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Learn More About Our Impact

Grandpa’s White Cane is raising awareness about blindness and the white cane. The book and presentations have reached thousands of people around the globe. Together, these efforts are helping others better understand and support those who are visually impaired.

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What Readers Are Saying

Readers and professionals praise Grandpa’s White Cane as a powerful and easy-to-understand tool for building awareness. From classrooms to communities around the world, the book is helping people better understand and support those who are blind or visually impaired.

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Grandpa’s White Cane is an audible book in the National Library Service (NLS) for the Blind and Print Disabled sponsored by the Library of Congress. The book has been assigned the Braille and Audio Reading Download access number BARD DBC06000

Grandpa's White Cane is available from Amazon in hardcover, paperback and kindle formats. While supplies last, request from the authors a free copy of the book for your school or city library. Address information is at the bottom of the page. Sighted communities need to know how to help people who are blind or have low vision.