Rod Campbell

Rod Campbell (born May 4, 1945) is a Scottish writer and illustrator of several popular childrens books including the classic lift-the-flap board book Dear Zoo.Born in Scotland in 1945, he was brought up in Zimbabwe and returned to Britain where he completed a doctorate in organic chemistry. In 1980 he became involved in childrens publishing where he began designing innovative books with interactive elements and repetitive phrases.In 1987 he founded Campbell Blackie Books in partnership with his publisher Blackie. Campbell Books (as it became in 1989) was sold in 1995 to Macmillan Publishers.

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