Books by Victoria Waller

About

Victoria E. Waller, Ed.D. holds a B.S in Education from Wayne State University, an M.Ed., as a certified reading specialist, and an Ed.D.
focusing on reading and learning differences from the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Waller has been awarded the University of
Cincinnati's Distinguished Alumna College of Education Award, was one of three finalists for the L.A. Music Center's Bravo Award for
Outstanding Teaching, and was named the Local Hero in the L.A. Times for her Printer Pal Program, connecting students with nursing home
occupants. She was the creator of the Disney Busy Bags for Travel on Planes and Cars for Disney/Hyperion Books and has created backpacks
and toys for M&M Mars, Inc. She was a founding member of the L.A. Children's Museum, was a veteran speaker for the International Reading Association for 25 years and is the focus of Eve Bunting's internationally-acclaimed-and Caldecott Medal award-winning middle grade novel, Sixth Grade Sleepover. Waller's articles on creative reading and writing projects for children have been widely viewed on U.C.L.A.'s Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior website, and the award-winning Grandparentslink.com. Dr. Waller and her husband, Marshall, live in Los Angeles, California.