locomotive. brian floca. (185)

i picked up locomotive by brian floca because it was the caldecott medal winner for 2014.  i discovered this new via nypl's instagram:

i have to admit that i didn't read the book,  partially due to laziness, but i am going to go on record by saying because i wanted to base my judgment on the illustrations alone.  i only looked at the illustrations which in my opinion were great were not medal worthy.  i think the medal should have gone to journey by aaron becker.  the illustrations in locomotive but i found the fact that journey was a picture book sans words made it more worthy. 

from what i saw locomotive was filled with great facts about trains and i am sure would make a great gift for a young boy (i might get it for my uncle karl), but it was not my cup of tea.  the illustrations were nice and i included some of my favorite below:  

(i loved the shakiness of these photos.)

i mean maybe i should read it to give it a full evaluation, but i'm not.  it's already overdue, i own like $1 for it.
but i will say that i am disappointed with both the newbery medal and caldecott medal winners this year.