His Dark Materials features a lot of dark and mature themes, but for that matter so does Harry Potter in the later years. Of course, it's quite likely that whether one would qualify that as being appropriate for children would depend on one's views of the themes addressed within; there are some rather controversial themes addressed within, even moreso than the already fairly liberal politics of Harry Potter.
speaking of which, I'm rereading the Potter series now. Four-fifths of the way through Goblet of Fire as we speak.
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