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:*The sponsor of the award, ''[[The Guardian]]'', is a left-wing British journal.

:*The sponsor of the award, ''[[The Guardian]]'', is a left-wing British journal.

:*Pullman split the award with Alison Prince for her book ''The Sherwood Hero''.  This was ''not'' indicated on the biographal page of Pullman's website in 2008.

:*Pullman split the award with Alison Prince for her book ''The Sherwood Hero''.  This was ''not'' indicated on the biographal page of Pullman's website in 2008.

:*If these books indeed became harsher toward Christian faith as the series continued, they stand notable for their snake-in-the-grass type approach.

:*If these books indeed became harsher toward Christian faith as the series continued, they stand notable for their gradually-deceptive approach.

:The Whitbread Book of the Year Award (for the third book of the ''His Dark Materials'' series, the first time it was ever awarded to a children's book)

:The Whitbread Book of the Year Award (for the third book of the ''His Dark Materials'' series, the first time it was ever awarded to a children's book)

:The Eleanor Farjeon Award for children's literature

:The Eleanor Farjeon Award for children's literature