為期7天的第36屆香港書展剛剛落下帷幕，作為全港年度文化盛事，今年書展吸引近百萬讀者入場，其中兒童及青少年讀物展區始終是人氣最高的區域之一。The seven-day 36th Hong Kong Book Fair has just closed. As the city's cultural event of the year it drew close to a million visitors, and the children's and young adult section was, as always, among the busiest areas on the floor.
我們逛展時發現，香港家長的購書邏輯正在發生明顯變化：不再只盯着補充練習、真題集，而是更願意為「真正的閲讀」買單。結合現場熱銷趨勢、名家講座觀點，以及香港中文課程的改革方向，我們整理出今年最值得關注的三個閲讀新趨勢，以及適配全學段的暑期名著書單，家長可以直接參考。Walking the fair, we noticed a clear shift in how Hong Kong parents buy books. They are no longer fixed on supplementary exercises and past-paper collections; they are now willing to pay for real reading. Drawing on what was selling well at the fair, the views expressed in the author talks and the direction of curriculum reform in Chinese, we have set out the three reading trends most worth watching this year, along with a summer classics list covering every stage of school that parents can use as it stands.
中文閲讀新信號New Signals in Chinese Reading
經典古籍走出「高冷」，走向年輕化The Classics Come Down from Their Pedestal
今年書展的另一大亮點，是繁體版《問鼎：山海經》的首發儀式，配套的公益講座場場滿座，不少家長帶着小學高年級、初中的孩子專程到場。Another highlight of this year's fair was the launch of the traditional-character edition of Wending: The Classic of Mountains and Seas (《問鼎：山海經》). The free public talks that went with it played to full houses, with many parents bringing upper-primary and junior-secondary children specially.
這套書把上古神話、地理博物知識，搭配國風插畫和通俗講解，打破了「古籍晦澀難懂」的刻板印象。事實上，香港教育局近年一直在推動中華文化經典進校園，小學階段就納入了文言經典啓蒙篇目，這類輕量化的經典讀物，正好適配孩子的入門需求。官方也宣佈，這套書後續會推進「進校園」公益項目，成為不少學校中華文化課的補充素材。The series pairs ancient myth and knowledge of geography and natural history with illustration in a traditional Chinese style and plain-language commentary, breaking the stereotype that old texts are impenetrable. In fact the Education Bureau has for some years been bringing the Chinese classics into schools, with introductory classical-Chinese texts already set at primary level; lighter classic readers of this kind fit a beginner's needs exactly. The publishers have announced that the series will move into a schools outreach programme, becoming supplementary material for Chinese culture lessons in a number of schools.
跨學科閲讀成家長「新寵」Cross-Disciplinary Reading Becomes the Parents' New Favourite
逛展時能明顯感受到，單一的故事書已經滿足不了家長的需求，「中文+科普」「中文+歷史」「中文+非遺」的跨學科讀物銷量持續走高。It was obvious on the floor that plain storybooks no longer meet parents' needs. Sales keep rising for cross-disciplinary titles that pair Chinese with popular science, with history, or with intangible cultural heritage.
這背後對應着香港中文課程的核心改革方向：從「純語文知識」轉向「素養導向」，閲讀不再只是認字、理解文意，更是拓展認知、培養思辨能力的載體。今年書展的「兒童及青年閲讀系列」講座中，也多次提到跨學科閲讀對孩子中文綜合能力的提升作用。Behind this lies the central direction of curriculum reform in Hong Kong Chinese: a move from pure language knowledge towards literacy and competence. Reading is no longer only about recognising characters and grasping meaning; it is a vehicle for broadening understanding and developing critical thought. The fair's Children's and Youth Reading talks made the point more than once — cross-disciplinary reading lifts a child's overall command of Chinese.
書展名家講座The Author Talks
蘇童、畢飛宇：讀小説，要走進文字的背面Su Tong and Bi Feiyu: Read a Novel from Behind the Words
蘇童以「生活與創作」為題開講，7月19日畢飛宇分享小説創作的內核。兩位作家不約而同提到：閲讀不是「看完故事劇情」就結束，而是要讀懂人物行為背後的動機，體會文字留白處的情感與深意。Su Tong spoke on 'Life and Writing', and on 19 July Bi Feiyu discussed what lies at the core of writing fiction. Both made the same point without prompting: reading does not end when you have followed the plot. You have to understand the motives behind what the characters do, and feel the emotion and meaning held in what the text leaves unsaid.
這剛好擊中很多孩子的閲讀痛點：能完整複述情節，卻答不出文本主旨、分析不了人物形象。而這正是DSE閲讀卷的核心考點——文本細讀與深度賞析能力，無法靠刷題速成，需要長期的精讀訓練才能養成。That is precisely where many children come unstuck: they can retell the plot in full but cannot state the theme or analyse a character. And it is exactly what the DSE reading paper tests — close reading and the ability to appreciate a text in depth, which cannot be crammed by grinding through past papers and can only be built by sustained practice in reading closely.
許子東 × 黃子平：讀寫從來是一體的Xu Zidong and Huang Ziping: Reading and Writing Were Never Two Things
許子東與黃子平的對談「書生之見與學者之思」，聚焦中文書寫與口語表達的深層關聯。他們提出，好的閲讀最終會轉化為表達能力，而帶着寫作目的去讀書，對文本的理解會更深刻、更落地。The conversation between Xu Zidong and Huang Ziping, 'A Reader's View and a Scholar's Thinking', focused on the deep connection between written Chinese and spoken expression. Good reading, they suggested, eventually converts into the ability to express oneself; and reading with a writing purpose in mind produces a deeper, more concrete understanding of the text.
這也給家長提了醒：中文學習不要把「讀」和「寫」拆成兩件事，泛讀積累語感，精讀訓練分析，再結合寫作輸出，才能形成完整的能力閉環。There is a reminder here for parents: do not treat reading and writing as two separate subjects. Wide reading builds a feel for the language, close reading trains analysis, and writing turns both into output. Only together do they close the loop.
此外，本屆書展首次重點呈現「AI+閲讀」的互動形式，多處設置AI閲讀互動裝置。業內普遍共識是：AI時代，碎片化信息獲取越容易，深度閲讀、獨立思考的能力就越珍貴，這也正是中文教育的核心價值所在。The fair also gave prominence for the first time to 'AI plus reading', with interactive AI reading installations in several locations. The consensus in the trade is that the easier it becomes to pick up fragments of information in the age of AI, the more valuable deep reading and independent thought become — and that is precisely where the core value of Chinese education lies.
給家長們的建議Advice for Parents
不求「多」，但求「完」Not More Books, but Finished Books
暑期不用給孩子囤幾十本書，不如精選3-5本，陪着孩子完整讀完，一起討論書中的內容。完整讀完一本書的成就感，遠勝過翻了十本都沒看完。There is no need to stockpile dozens of books for the summer. Choose three to five carefully instead, read them right through with your child, and talk about what is in them together. The satisfaction of finishing one book counts for far more than dipping into ten and finishing none.
嘗試「多模態閲讀」Try Multimodal Reading
就像書展傳遞的理念一樣，閲讀不只是看書。讀完《山海經》可以去香港故宮文化博物館看相關展覽，讀完本土文學可以去書中提到的街區走一走，把文字和實景結合，理解會更深刻。As the fair itself suggested, reading is not only about books. After The Classic of Mountains and Seas, take your child to a related exhibition at the Hong Kong Palace Museum; after a work of Hong Kong fiction, walk the streets it describes. Setting the words beside the real place deepens understanding.
結語In closing
每年的香港書展，都像是一面鏡子，照見當下的閲讀趨勢，也指引着中文學習的方向。閲讀從來不是一蹴而就的事，趁這個暑假，和孩子一起翻開一本書，在文字裏慢慢積累，悄悄成長。Every year the Hong Kong Book Fair works like a mirror, reflecting where reading is going and pointing the way for Chinese learning. Reading has never been something achieved at a stroke. Take this summer to open a book with your child, and let them build up slowly, quietly, inside the words.