My Favorite Book of All Time

I love the Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, but not just any version of it - it's got to be the 1977 illustrated version that my grade 6 teacher, Mr. Jayceko, read to us with great expression and fluency.  It brought you right there with the goblins, dwarves & Smaug oh my...  I loved this book so much that it lead me to a quest - to search for this book high and low until I found it - on Ebay - at a price I'd rather not discuss.  Anyway, I have it and I love it.  I brings me back to far & away & I keep it close by to peruse whenever I feel the need.