San Antonio College Library

Several artists who paint different things, with different kinds of paint, and at different times of the day, all paint the same island that they visit each summer.

Twelve-year-old Vincent must confront his conflicted feelings with art as he and his cousin attempt to rescue his sister after discovering he is one of the last of The Restorationists, a secret society with the power to travel through paintings and the duty to protect them.

Chrysanthemum loves her name, until she starts going to school and the other children make fun of it.

A child wakes up, puts up an easel, picks up a brush and paints--paints a perch, a tree, the warmth of the sun and the sound of the summer breeze--and a bird comes to the child and sings.