About KB Homes
KB Homes grew up as a sickly kid. He didn’t get a lot of chances to play outside with others. He never developed the relationships with others that are taken for granted with normal people. Instead, he had his choice between TV and books. He thankfully chose books.
He started out as most kids do: with the normal books for someone who was young. These were simple storybooks with pictures and all of that. He had to be read to, sometimes, but he never really lost track of his love of reading. Nor did he ever lose the sharp memory that he had. He didn’t learn to read first: he learned to recite first, oftentimes with the exact intonations of the people who read to him.
Unfortunately, he couldn’t do that with chapter books - they were too long for him. But that was where the fun stories were, so he had to learn to read.
Even then, he didn’t start in the advanced places. He started with the kid’s versions of the classics - Robinson Crusoe was a favorite of his when he was growing up. He also read the other classics from the 19th century, such as Oliver Twist, a Tale of Two Cities, and other, older stories. He also read the American stories as well, including the Last of the Mohicans and Tom Sawyer.
Eventually, KB Homes grew to a point where he could read the true versions of those stories. Some he liked, some not so much, but what he really found was a love for classic detective stories. Pulp fiction that inspired the noir movement in film. He began to read as many of those stories as he could get his hands on.
Eventually, he learned that all those stories were descended from a single great detective. And with that, the rest is history.
He started out as most kids do: with the normal books for someone who was young. These were simple storybooks with pictures and all of that. He had to be read to, sometimes, but he never really lost track of his love of reading. Nor did he ever lose the sharp memory that he had. He didn’t learn to read first: he learned to recite first, oftentimes with the exact intonations of the people who read to him.
Unfortunately, he couldn’t do that with chapter books - they were too long for him. But that was where the fun stories were, so he had to learn to read.
Even then, he didn’t start in the advanced places. He started with the kid’s versions of the classics - Robinson Crusoe was a favorite of his when he was growing up. He also read the other classics from the 19th century, such as Oliver Twist, a Tale of Two Cities, and other, older stories. He also read the American stories as well, including the Last of the Mohicans and Tom Sawyer.
Eventually, KB Homes grew to a point where he could read the true versions of those stories. Some he liked, some not so much, but what he really found was a love for classic detective stories. Pulp fiction that inspired the noir movement in film. He began to read as many of those stories as he could get his hands on.
Eventually, he learned that all those stories were descended from a single great detective. And with that, the rest is history.