Philip Pullman, author of The Scarecrow and His Servant, has been edged out in the race for the Nestle prize. Instead, an author with severe dyslexia, who did not learn to read until she was 14, has beaten Philip Pullman to this year's Nestle children's book prize. Sally Gardner's fantasy adventure, I, Coriander, was chosen by a panel of schoolchildren as the best book in the nine-to-11 years category. Pullman received the silver medal.
Japan's Studio Ghibli, announced that it will adapt Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea fantasy novel series in an animated movie called Gedo Senki (Tales From Earthsea) and will be released in July 2006.
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