Greedy Eyes (English-Chinese Edition): A 9-Year-Old‘s Diary, Poems & Stories About the World She Sees

This is not a book by a professional writer, and it is not a translation of someone else’s work. It is a collection of writings by a nine-year-old girl named Ma Zewen, who lives in Beijing and attends an international school. She writes about what she sees around her: her family, her friends, her teachers, the stories she loves, and the questions she asks about the world. Some pieces are in English, some in Chinese, and some are poems. The writing is not polished in the way adult prose is—it is direct, curious, and full of the kind of imagination that only a child still has. The title comes from the idea of making your eyes “greedy” for the world, so you notice more and want to record it. If you want to see everyday life through a child’s eyes, in her own words and in two languages—rather than read an adult’s memoir or a textbook—this is it.