 He is best known for his work as a children's book illustrator, and he was nominated for the Canada Council for the Arts Governor General's Award for Children's Book Illustration in 2000.As of 2006 he lived in Mississauga, Ontario.Ricci and the writer Michael Bedard created picture book editions of literary fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen, namely "The Nightingale" and "The Tinder Box" (1835 and 1843, Danish language).