I mean what I said, I MISS picture books. I'm an art nerd so i love being about to have amazing pictures to look at while I'm reading a great book. After reading three completely different picture books this past week I've remembered the good old days when my mom used to read them to me. I used to love listening to her read me stories and having parents come into my classrooms and read to us. I have been so impressed with not only the stories from the picture books I've read, but how unique the illustrations are. My favorite illustrations so far have been from What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? I've just never seen such realistic collages in a picture book. My third book that I chose to read besides the two required this week from class was Princess Pigsty. It was one of the other books by Cornelia Funke, the author of The Thief Lord. This book definitely shows the diversity of Funke's writing abilities. Princess Pigsty is so cute! I loved it! If you liked to get dirty or messy or just hated wearing dresses when you were little, you need to read this book. The main character, Isabella, will remind you of yourself when you were younger!