Rod Campbell
Recognized in the Creative Minds Montessori 2026 Teacher’s Choice list.
Rod Campbell is one of roughly one hundred authors whose work was selected by the Montessori-certified teachers at Creative Minds Montessori for the 2026 Teacher’s Choice list — 120 books chosen across four reading stages, from first lap-reads to first chapter books. The selected book was chosen for how precisely it meets children at a real developmental moment. This recognition cannot be bought: no author or publisher paid to appear on our lists, and we take no commission on any book sale.
About Rod Campbell
Rod Campbell is a Scottish author-illustrator, born in 1945 and brought up in Zimbabwe, who has been making books for babies and toddlers for over forty years. Dear Zoo, his lift-the-flap classic, was first published in 1982 and has sold over thirteen million copies worldwide.
He completed a doctorate in organic chemistry before entering children's publishing in 1980, where he began designing books built on interactive elements and repeating phrases.
Also by this author: Oh Dear! · Farm Animals · It's Mine
Publisher page: www.panmacmillan.com/authors/rod-campbell/1425
Selected for the 2026 Teacher’s Choice list
Part of The Best Children’s Books by Age, chosen by the teachers at Creative Minds Montessori in Frisco, TX.