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Isaac du Toit

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Wellington, New Zealand

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Children's, Fiction, Picture Books

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Isaac du Toit is a New Zealand artist and author who creates picture books using handmade dioramas.

His children's nonfiction picture book, Alice and the Strange Bird (published January 2025), was a finalist for the Russell Clark Award for Illustration in the 2025 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.

He illustrated The Long Walk , released in December 2025 by He Ara Pukerua (The Pukerua Bay Heritage Group). In 2024, he published Possum Boots , a creative twist on the fairy tale The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs.

Isaac lives in Greater Wellington, in the North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand. ...more

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The Long Walk

I am delighted to share “The Long Walk” by He Ara Pukerua (the Pukerua Bay Heritage Group), a new nonfiction book that I illustrated. The book tells the story of the four Bevan children who, led by their guide Ropina, walked from Wellington to Waikawa Beach in 1845.

In 2023, I followed in their footsteps and walked from Wellington to Waikawa Beach. I also wrote an afterword to this book.

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Average rating: 4.29 · 42 ratings · 6 reviews · 31 distinct works

	A Children’s Guide to Splendour by Isaac du Toit (Goodreads Author), Megan du Toit 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2016 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Story of Sarah McMurray it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Noah Edward Time Traveling Adventure (Noah Edward #1) by Isaac du Toit (Goodreads Author), Paddy Rockell (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2017 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Noah Edward and the Awful Orphanage (Noah Edward, #5) by Isaac du Toit (Goodreads Author), Paddy Rockell (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Children’s Guide to the Jewellery [and Art] of Lisa Walker by Isaac du Toit (Goodreads Author), Megan du Toit 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alice and the Strange Bird 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Greenwood Fire (Greenwood Manor #0.5) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Noah Edward Omnibus (Noah Edward #1-5) by Isaac du Toit (Goodreads Author), Paddy Rockell (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Possum Boots it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Isaac Toit is currently reading Underland by Robert Macfarlane (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Isaac Toit rated a book it was amazing Atonement by Ian McEwan (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Isaac Toit rated a book really liked it The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Isaac Toit rated a book it was amazing The Paradise Generation by Sanna Thompson (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Isaac Toit rated a book really liked it The Breath of the Gods: The History and Future of the Wind by Simon Winchester	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Isaac Toit rated a book it was amazing The Genius Myth: A Curious History of a Dangerous Idea by Helen Lewis (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Isaac Toit rated a book it was amazing Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Quotes by Isaac du Toit (?)

“One of the most popular legends was the tale of Lady Alexandra Greenwood, who was said to appear whenever something grave was about to happen. Her apparition was supposedly last witnessed weeping in the darkness of the cellar on the night before the death of Mrs Humphrey Devereux.”
― Isaac du Toit, The Greenwood Ghosts

tags: apparitions, childrens, childrens-book-quotes, fiction, ghost-stories, ghosts, paranormal, picture-books, spirits

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“So next time you go to a museum, keep your eyes open; you never know what you will see.”
― Isaac du Toit, The Living Museum

tags: childrens-book-quotes, fiction, museums, picture-books, the-living-museum

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“Child detective Noah Edward was standing in front of his new home. It was an old-fashioned building made of brick. It had a tall, spiky wrought iron fence. There was a billboard attached to the side of the fence. It read “Richard Seddon’s Home for Vulnerable Children.”
― Isaac du Toit, Noah Edward and the Awful Orphanage

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