Thanks Blanket by Christopher Vanderkooy and Raquel Costa

Christopher Vanderkooy live's in East Vancouver British Columbia. He has one wife, one cat, and two blankets. One blanket is purple and fuzzy, the other blanket is big and blue. He loves music, his friends, and making music with his friends. He spends a lot of time doing that while playing guitar in the Juno nominated Canadian indie rock group, Peach Pit. The idea came for this book and a camping trip years ago, sleeping under the stars, with an exceptionally warm blanket (the big blue one) shielding him and his wife from the cold. This book is an ode to all the things that keep us warm when life gets a little chilly. 100% of the profits from this book will be donated to Crisis Centre BC.

Raquel Costa is an award-winning artist, author and illustrator. She made her writing debut with the picture book 25 Mulheres, which she also illustrated. The illustrations for this book won a Merit Award at the 11th Hiii Illustration Awards and were juried into the Society of Illustrators 67th Annual. Noa won the Bissaya Barreto Children's Book Award in 2022. She’s also an Art Educator, and a co-founder of Little Black Spot Creative Studio, working in illustration, concept art and design. She currently lives in Portugal.