Awards given to The Lost Words
Since publication, The Lost Words has won or been shortlisted for multiple prizes including:
- Winner of the Hay Festival Book of the Year 2017
- Winner of the The Beautiful Book Award at the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards in November 2017
- Children’s Book of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2018, alongside The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (Walker Books)
- Shortlisted in 2018 for the £5,000 Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize for nature writing
- Shortlisted for the BBC Countryfile Magazine Awards 2018: Country Book of the Year
- Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year 2017
- Shortlisted for the The UK's Favourite Nature Book people's choice in 2018
- Longlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Children's Book Award 2019
- Longlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Children's Book Award 2019