===Awards, honours, and recognition===The "Harry Potter" series have been the recipients of a host of awards since the initial publication of "Philosopher's Stone" including four Whitaker Platinum Book Awards (all of which were awarded in 2001), three Nestlé Smarties Book Prizes (1997–1999), two Scottish Arts Council Book Awards (1999 and 2001), the inaugural Whitbread children's book of the year award (1999), the WHSmith book of the year (2006), among others.
Серия «Гарри Поттер», начиная с публикации первого романа, удостоилась множества премий, среди которых четыре Whitaker Platinum Book Awards (все из которых были вручены в 2001 году), три Nestlé Smarties Book Prizes, две Nestlé Smarties Book Prizes (1997—1999), две Scottish Arts Council Book Awards (1999 и 2001), Уитбредовскую премию за книгу года для детей (1999), WHSmith book of the year (2006) и многие другие.