AUTHOR KEVIN CHRISTOFORA
Kevin Christofora began his career into the professional world with a position
at Calvin Klein Cosmetics in 1992; he worked as a package engineer, working in
new product development and maintaining all responsibilities for production
of existing components of the Obsession Fragrance brand. From there, he
moved to Revlon, managing the prestigious Alexandra DeMarkoff division of
makeup and fragrances. His last job was collaborating with product design and
marketing on new product launches for Prescriptives at the parent company 
of Estée Lauder.
Christofora found his calling when he began to coach little league. He has
coached the Mountain Valley Little League (formerly the Woodstock Little
League) since 2008. More than a pastime, Kevin loves working with the
children. He prides himself on teaching them that it’s about more than a game:
it’s about honor, respect, and community. As president of the league, he enjoys working with the parents and
community members that all have one main interest: the kids. As he puts it, “Mountain Valley Little League
is real fun, real life, and real baseball, with no substitutions”.
Written for children ages three to five, Kevin wrote The Hometown All Stars as a “bedtime story” to
get kids interested in the national pastime again. His goal in writing this book was to get kids out
of the house and onto the field – “less screen, more green.” He believes in the valuable lessons that
children learn from playing the game: teamwork, discipline, strategy, and thinking before they act. 
In addition, he wants to bring back the joy of being outdoors and playing, that kids in recent years have lost.
An engineer by education, Kevin gave up the corporate life to move back to his hometown to carry on
the family business and become the local butcher and a dad. He has found more happiness becoming a
baseball coach, than he ever had before. He hopes to pass the excitement of the game to other children with 
The Hometown All Stars. Nick’s Very First Day of Baseball is his first book of the series.
Highlights: (link to A&R presentation)
For book information, reviews and
author/illustrator interviews:
Emily Taffel or Sarah Caro, Mugsy PR 
[email protected]; 754-367-2722
For brand information:
Ric Aliberte, [email protected]
Facebook: @TheHometownAllStars 
Twitter: @HometownAStars 
Instagram: @TheHometownAllStars 
Periscope @HometownAStars 
Pinterest @TheHometownAllStars
ILLUSTRATOR DALE TANGEMAN
Dale Tangeman began a career in advertising in 1968 in his native state of Ohio.
The next 12 years were spent working at various art studios and ad agencies.
Then in 1981, his only son Josh, was accepted at the School Of American Ballet
at Julliard New York City. Tangeman and his family moved to New York City, and
within 2 months landed a position as an art director at one of the largest Madison
Avenue ad agencies where he worked on many national and international
brands producing print advertisements and television commercials. Within two
years, Tangeman was promoted to vice president and senior art director.
In the latter half 1980’s, when the glory days of advertising were waning, Dale
went out on his own and started a graphic art and design studio, spending the
next seven years building a very successful business.
In 1994, Dale was asked to join a 15-million-dollar ad agency in Ohio as creative director/partner. With some
trepidation, about returning to Ohio, he accepted the offer and left New York. After putting in 7 seven
years, Tangeman and his family longed to return to New York. More specifically, Woodstock, where they had
owned a home since 1990. Dale retired from advertising, got on his Harley and left Ohio for the last time. The
date was one that he will never forget 9/11/ 2001.
Since his retirement, Dale has been active in the Woodstock art community, donating graphic art services to
the little league, buying and selling vintage movie posters, playing his guitar in a local group, and, last but not
least, working with Kevin Christofora as illustrator and partner on his series of baseball books for children,
The Hometown All Stars.
Art and baseball have been Dale’s two loves. One of his fondest memories of baseball was being selected
to play in his little league all-star game as short stop. A very large kid came up to bat and hit a rocket right
at his head. The crowd gasped, but he managed to catch the ball squarely in his glove to save the game.
It was a very proud moment that he will never forget. In helping to create these books Dale hopes his
grandchildren will take an interest in baseball and create memories as lasting as his. Since his retirement,
Dale has been active in the Woodstock art community, donating graphic art services to the little league,
buying and selling vintage movie posters, playing his guitar in a local group, and, last but not least, working
with Kevin Christofora as illustrator and partner on his series of baseball books for children, The Hometown
All Stars.
Art and baseball have been Dale’s two loves. One of his fondest memories of baseball was being selected to
play in his little league all-star game as short stop. A very large kid came up to bat and hit a rocket right at
his head. The crowd gasped, but he managed to catch the ball squarely in his glove to save the game. It was
a very proud moment that he will never forget. In helping to create these books Dale hopes his grandchildren
will take an interest in baseball and create memories as lasting as his.
Highlights: http://bit.ly/HAS-AR-PRES
For book information, reviews and
author/illustrator interviews:
Emily Taffel or Sarah Caro, Mugsy PR 
[email protected]; 754-367-2722
For brand information:
Ric Aliberte, [email protected]
Facebook: @TheHometownAllStars 
Twitter: @HometownAStars 
Instagram: @TheHometownAllStars 
Periscope @HometownAStars 
Pinterest @TheHometownAllStars