Norths: Two Suitcases and a Stroller Around the Circumpolar World | 
pickAs much an educational piece as a memoir and a travelogue, McCreesh cares deeply for the lands she's lived in and visited in the North, and takes time to talk about the history and experience of the indigenous people native to the areas, the heritage and historical and current threats to geographical communities. 1/?
Robotswithpersonality 2/? As a travelogue, it's a unique blend of hitchhiking and shoe-string budget camping, traveling for work as an interpreter and and an artist, and gaining knowledge of specific areas by living in them for years. As a memoir, it's exploring a way of life, often off grid, first as a young woman considering her options, and then a mother and professional who has become part of a community. 5d
Robotswithpersonality 3/3 I'll continue my shame-faced admission that I do prefer graphic novels in full colour, but black and white, or more accurately shades of sketch gray, do lend a weight to non-fiction subject matter, and the no-text panels, where the art is the sole-focus rather than constrained by storyboarding space and expository text, are truly lovely. 5d
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