一本溫馨的繪本,講述一隻孤單的小鬼,如何透過分享與友誼,找到真正的滿足。
小鬼 Gwei 肚子餓得咕嚕咕嚕叫,但和墓園裡其他鬼魂不同的是,他可不是什麼都吃。他對食物很挑嘴!
幸好,一年一度的**鬼月(Ghost Festival)**到了,這是鬼魂唯一能自由來到人間的時候。Gwei 開心地在城市裡飄來飄去,大快朵頤:熱騰騰的湯麵、燙得直冒煙的糖炒栗子,還有淋上辣椒油、香酥可口的炸魚……各種美食應有盡有。
然而,不管 Gwei 吃了多少東西,他的飢餓感始終沒有消失。
就在他繼續尋找「最完美的一餐」時,發現身後竟然有個小身影一路跟著他──原來是一隻同樣飢腸轆轆的小鬼!
當 Gwei 聽見她的肚子咕嚕作響時,雖然有些不情願,還是伸手從自己的小布袋裡拿出食物與她分享。沒想到,就在分享的那一刻,他竟然第一次感受到真正的飽足。
由 Emeline Lee 以中國民間傳說為靈感創作故事,搭配 Basia Tran 溫暖而充滿光影的插畫,《Gwei the Hungry Ghost》透過一則充滿文化色彩的故事,傳達一個動人的訊息:真正填滿心靈的,不是食物,而是友誼與分享。
A picture book about a lonely ghost who learns to share and is finally fulfilled through friendship.
Gwei the ghost is absolutely famished, but unlike the other ghosts in the cemetery, he won’t eat just anything. Luckily, it’s Ghost Festival month: the one time a year when ghosts roam the realm of the living. Gwei flutters around the city eating steaming bowls of noodles, hot, hot, HOT chestnuts, and crispy fried fish with chili oil.
Yet no matter how much Gwei eats, his hunger won’t go away. As he searches for the perfect meal, he catches someone following him. It's another hungry little ghost! When he hears her grumbling belly, he reluctantly reaches into his pouch to share. To his surprise, he finally starts to feel full.
With charming Chinese folklore–inspired text by Emeline Lee and warm, glowing illustrations by Basia Tran, Gwei the Hungry Ghost is a story about how friendship feeds the soul.



