Rod Butler

Rod Butler grew up listening to the snapping keys of the typewriter as his father, John K. Butler wrote classic Westerns including My Pal Trigger and Silver Spurs starring Roy Rogers. Rod went on to fill books with poetry, stories, and cartoons, eventually writing for television, print, online, and radio. Rod's radio career includes creating and hosting the nationally syndicated Coconut Hut Radio Show, starring as Bongo Rod, Bob Dah Lobstah, Captain FlashLight, and other characters. He produced the animated series Boy + Dog for Daystar TV and Trinity Broadcasting Network and has written hundreds of educational scripts for Responsive Ed. Rod is also a children's minister and a professional puppeteer, on YouTube as Rod The Puppet Guy. He is married with three grown children and several trunk-loads of puppets.