Yvonne Blackwood

The Nosey Charlie Adventures Boxset

The Nosey Charlie Adventures Boxset combines 3 books in one for your reading pleasure. The amazing Nosey Charlie Adventures will make you laugh, and sniffle, and hold your breath. In book # 1, you meet Charlie, a spunky little squirrel who grew up in the country. He became an orphan and moved to the city to live with his aunt, uncle, and his cousin, Pete. In book # 2, Charlie disappears. From the ...

College Life of a Retired Senior: A Memoir of Perseverance, Faith, and Finding the Way

Seven years after she retires from the Royal Bank of Canada, ending a thirty-seven-year career, banker/author Yvonne Blackwood surprises her friends and family by returning to school at sixty-four to pursue an English degree. She craves knowledge and is motivated by four powerful reasons: to add texture to her writing; to ward off dementia by exercising her brain with her studies; to add ongoing s ...

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Into Africa a Personal Journey

A remarkable and intriguing story about a journey to West Africa, the land of Blackwood’s ancestors. Into Africa, a Personal Journey begins in Nigeria with exposure to the tight control by the military that causes Blackwood to experience fear as never before. The journey takes her on an exploration of a new mysterious world where she experiences joy and wonderment as she shares in the lives of fam ...

College Life of a Retired Senior: A Memoir of Perseverance, Faith, and Finding the Way

Seven years after she retired from a lengthy career in banking, Yvonne Blackwood surprised her friends and family by returning to school at age sixty-four to pursue an English degree. Her purpose was fueled by four powerful reasons—to add texture to her writing; to ward off dementia; to enhance structure in her life; and to inspire her two young grandsons to continue their education after high sch ...

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Nosey Charlie Comes To Town

Meet Nosey Charlie, a spunky little squirrel who grew up in the country. He became an orphan and moved to the city to live with his aunt, uncle, and his cousin, Pete. Charlie desperately wants to know everything about the people and strange objects in the city, and he doesn’t understand that he can’t always go wherever he likes. Mama Leticia (his aunt) tries to teach Charlie to be careful, and ask ...