There was another famous man from Hull. He's actually called the 'city's most famous son' and his name was Philip Larkin. (1922-1985).
He was the librarian at the University of Hull for 30 years. He was famous because he wrote books and poetry.
Two of his poems were about toads (but they really were about working life). So, to celebrate his life, the city did a huge art project and lots of different artists painted these statues of toads.
Can you guess how big they were?
They were one meter high! (you'll have to figure out how big they were in feet because English people measure with metric).
Anyway, there were forty of them making a trail all around the city for 10 weeks last year. After lots of people enjoyed them, they were sold off and the money went to charity.
I was so sad they were gone and I didn't get to see them. But, I was happy because there is one left in the city centre and my hostess said we could go see him before I leave to come back to Alabama. I hope I get to have a ride on him!
Which one do you think it will be? Take a guess and when I see him, I'll send you a picture and see if you were right!
Bye for now,
Flat Stanley
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