On Friday afternoon (081121), I Visited Niina Chebry's studio as she was getting ready for the 2008 Eastside Culture Crawl. Niina is featuring this year 35 paintings that are the illustrations for her new Sharing-Book: Auguste Rodent, the Artist of Abundant Talent. With me was Louise Clauesson of Grace of God Productions who will photograph and digitize Niina's paintings prior to publication on Sharing-Books.

Niina presented her Auguste to a small Sharing-Books group almost a year ago when we were researching the project and conceiving the company. As we heard the story of Auguste Rodent, we all fell in love with him and with Niina's humour and the music of her text. No reader can escape grinning as they read the story of Auguste overcoming adversity.

Niina has worked diligently on her text and her paintings, constantly refining her text and the personality of Auguste and the other characters of the story. We arrived just in time to help Niina put the finishing touches on her exhibit. Tomorrow we will join the crowd visiting her studio and see if they will have the same smile we have when they read the story of Auguste Rodent.

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