One little boy can’t wait to get to the park with Dad and Daddy. But oh no! The path is too icy. “Careful or you’ll slip,” says Dad. The ropes are too high… “Stop, or you might fall,” says Daddy. Everything is too high, too fast, too slippery or too big. It’s not fair!

But after some tears and a big hug the boy has a brilliant idea. They will all play TOGETHER at the playground and he will show Dad and Daddy what to do! On the ropes they’re pirates, on the swing they are swooping birds and on the roundabout they’re SUPERHEROES.

What adventures will they have next?

“With Dad and Daddy by my side, I know I can do anything!”

A delightful, inclusive and empowering story, full of love and tenderness, based on the author’s own family.

Ian Eagleton is a former primary school teacher, now a reviewer, resource writer and picture book author whose first two books, Nen and the Lonely Fisherman and Violet’s Tempest, were widely acclaimed. Ian runs the Reading Realm online resource and enjoys running virtual workshops for children. He and his husband have recently become dads through adoption and this book is very much based on their own experiences of parenting a toddler. Ian lives in Essex.

Hayley Wells is an illustrator and author with a special interest in portraying social and environmental themes. Their work has been shortlisted in the World Illustration Awards 2022 and the Hiii Illustration Awards 2022. Hayley is dedicated to using recycled and vegan-based materials in her art whenever possible. Superheroes in the Park is their first book for Otter-Barry Books. She lives in Essex.