HOWARD THE SEAGULL FLIES TO THE STARS AND THE MOON
This children’s story will thrill everyone who has ever seen a seagull stealing food on the beach!
This book tells the story of a seagull named Howard and his friend, Charlie, who want to fly high in the sky, all the way to the stars and the moon. The problem is they can’t seem to get Howard’s wings to take them higher than the rooftops of the beach houses. Howard and Charlie test new ideas for flying high, collect advice from very smart friends and do their very best to reach their goal of flying to the stars and the moon.
Meet The Author
Candice Imwalle resides in Scottsdale, Arizona, and is originally from Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 20 years of experience in the medical device industry, Candice successfully balanced a demanding professional career while raising her two children, Cameron and Isabella, into healthy, confident, and thriving young adults.
As both a working mother and a single mother, Candice understands firsthand the joys and challenges of balancing career, family, and personal well-being. Her experiences, both professionally and personally, inspired a passion for helping mothers create happy, healthy homes while also prioritizing their own health, confidence, and fulfillment.
That passion became the foundation for The MOM BOOK. Drawing from her own experiences, Candice shares practical strategies, healthy lifestyle habits, and simple everyday “mom hacks” designed to make modern motherhood feel more manageable and rewarding. Through topics ranging from nutrition, fitness, anti-aging, and self-care to teaching children confidence, independence, healthy eating habits, and good manners, Candice offers mothers realistic tools to help both themselves and their children thrive.
Her mission is to empower women to feel healthy, radiant, organized, capable, and balanced—while raising happy, healthy children and maintaining fulfilling careers, relationships, and personal lives.
Candice’s passion for healthy living also inspired her to become a children’s author. Throughout her career as a medical device regional manager, she regularly met patients suffering from vascular disease and Type 2 diabetes, conditions often caused by a lifetime of poor food choices. Seeing the long-term impact of unhealthy habits motivated her to help children learn the importance of nutrition at an early age.
As a working mother with two young children, Candice searched for age-appropriate books that taught healthy eating in a fun and engaging way. When she couldn’t find the kind of story she envisioned, she decided to write one herself.
That decision led to Sir Morgan and the Kingdom of Horrible Food. To make the story both entertaining and meaningful for young readers, Candice enlisted the help of her daughter Isabella (age five) and son Cameron (age eight), whose ideas and imagination helped bring the story to life.
Today, Candice’s books provide families with an opportunity to start meaningful conversations about healthy eating, confidence, kindness, and making choices that support lifelong health and happiness. She believes one of the greatest gifts parents can give their children is the knowledge and habits that will help them live long, healthy, fulfilling lives.
Whether through The MOM BOOK or her children’s stories, Candice hopes to inspire mothers to care for themselves with the same love they give their families and to empower the next generation to grow into healthy, confident, compassionate adults. Her message is simple: small, consistent choices made with love can create healthier families, stronger children, and brighter futures for generations to come.
NEW! HOWARD THE SEAGULL FLIES TO THE STARS AND THE MOON
Howard the Seagull Flies to the Stars and the Moon tells the story of a seagull named Howard and his friend, Charlie, who want to fly high in the sky, all the way to the stars and the moon. The problem is they can’t seem to get Howard’s wings to take them higher than the rooftops of the beach houses. This book takes readers on a silly adventure with Howard and Charlie while they test new ideas for flying high, collect advice from very smart friends and do their very best to reach their goal of flying to the stars and the moon. This story offers many giggles and even some life lessons, such as why healthy foods are a better choice than junk food when you want to fly as high as the sky! This is the second self-published book by Candice, Cameron and Isabella Imwalle.
SIR MORGAN AND THE KINGDOM OF HORRIBLE FOOD
Sir Morgan and the Kingdom of Horrible Food offers readers a colorful glimpse into life in a land where residents have no consequence for eating high-fat, high-sugar and high-calorie foods. But, after an evil witch casts a spell on the residents, the negative effects of these decadent foods, loaded with fat and sugar, start to impact the Kingdom of Horrible Food. Unlike years past, citizens become miserable, overweight and outgrow their clothes because of their poor food choices! Readers will be eager to find out what happens to the residents. Will the spell be broken? Will the townspeople learn a valuable lesson about the effects of good nutrition? Unlike any other book in the market today, this story provides parents a wonderful way to start a dialog with children about the importance of choosing healthy, good-for-you foods instead of junk food. Sir Morgan and the Kingdom of Horrible Food is an entertaining, unique and educational book that will have kids and parents captivated from start to finish.
The People Have Spoken
“We all enjoyed Candice’s visit and her book so much. Her idea with her kids was so cute, the way it all came together. And it gives such a positive motivation for kids to eat healthier foods and make better choices. I am all for good health and fitness, especially starting the kids young. Candice looks fantastic!!!! So she is a GREAT example of the outcome from living a healthy life and eating healthy food.” – Kimberly Martin, Librarian, Sequoya Elementary School
“That was awesome!” – Ava, age 9
“That was a cool story.” – Delaney, age 7
“It was good because it told kids to eat well.” – Ethan, age 9
“I learned you aren’t supposed to eat as much junk food as you are healthy food.” – Kaycee, age 9
“Candice did a great job with all the different age groups. She was able to explain nutrition to the kids in a way where they could understand it. In her presentation, she made nutrition fun for the kids and they really understood that life is all about balance. The books she donated to the library have already been checked out. I think Candice was great with our students. It was great to have her at our school and I would have her back again!” – Anne Milligan, Librarian, Kiva Elementary School
