5341495
9780974199269
For the past nineteen years, Tim Hoppey has worked as a New York City firefighter. He is stationed in East Harlem, which is the setting for Tito, the Firefighter/Tito, el bombero. Firefighting has inspired many of the children’s stories he has written over the years and two books of poetry, Subterranean Angels (Everett Press) and Where There’s Smoke (Argonne House Press). He received a B.A. in English and History from Hobart College in Geneva, NY. When he’s not fighting fires, he spends his time teaching his boys the finer points of lacrosse, sending money to his daughter in college, and working on his wife’s latest home improvement project. Tito, the Firefighter/Tito, el bombero is his first published children’s book.Hoppey, Tim is the author of 'Tito, the Firefighter ', published 2006 under ISBN 9780974199269 and ISBN 0974199265.
[read more]