Guardian children's fiction prize 2005
Building a children's library
From Beatrix Potter to Ulysses ... what the top writers say every child should readWhile the poet laureate Andrew Motion chooses highly ambitious texts including Don Quixote, Ulysses, The Waste Land and Paradise Lost, Philip Pullman focuses on fairytales, myths and legends and JK Rowling sticks to old favourites with To Kill a Mockingbird, Wuthering Heights and Beatrix Potter.
Julia Eccleshare's choice
The music of timeJulia Eccleshare talks to Kate Thompson, winner of the 2005 Guardian Children's Fiction prize.
Prize author postpones apocalypse
Julia Eccleshare's choice
There's magic in the air
Julia Eccleshare's choice
Past masteryJulia Eccleshare reveals the longlisted books for this year's Guardian Children's Fiction prize