If balance sheets and double-entry accounting sound like
mumbo jumbo, Ellen Rohr's Where Did the Money Go? A
Beginner's Guide to Basic Business Scorekeeping ($20, Maxrohr
Business Basics Series, 3120 S.
Know It All Lane, Rogersville, MO
65742; 877/629-7647) should help
out. Rohr wrote this book after
learning the ropes while keeping
books for her husband's plumbing
and heating business. Humorously
unconventional, the book is
intended as a first step towards
business literacy. Rohr uses an
ongoing skit of sorts that revolves
around an imaginary plumber, Bob Bird, and his new business,
the Eagle Plumbing Company. Bob's first decision concerns
buying a company truck. From there, the book follows
the growth of Eagle Plumbing — with an