Meet the author

Sergio Ruzzier.

Writer & illustrator · United States · b. 1966

Sergio Ruzzier: Italian-American author-illustrator of Fox & Chick — gentle, painterly early-graphic-novel friendship comedies in the Frog and Toad tradition, for ages 5–8.

Sergio Ruzzier is an Italian-American author-illustrator born in 1966 in Milan, best known for the Fox & Chick early-graphic-novel series, Fox & Chick: The Party, …The Quiet Boat Ride, …The Sleepover, …Up and Down, three-stories-per-book comic friendship readers in the Frog and Toad tradition. Ruzzier's style is loose, painterly, slightly old-European, with strong character work and gentle observational humour. The Fox & Chick books are widely used as bridge readers from picture books into early comics for ages 5–8. He also illustrates picture books for other authors and works in editorial illustration. A core early-graphic-novel author for emerging readers in the gentle-comedy register.