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The Accounting Game, 2E: Basic Accounting Fresh from the Lemonade Stand
written by Judith Orloff, Darrell Mullis
Studio : Sourcebooks, Inc.
by Sourcebooks, Inc.
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Released : 2008-04-18
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9781402211867
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 57 reviews)
List Price : $19.95
Our Price : $11.99
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Product Description |
"Fantastic Learning Tool...Don't let this book title fool you. It is not an oversimplification of accounting and financial principles. It is, however, a serious and very effective examination of a very small but progressively complex business. There are not many books available on the market that make a complex and dry subject understandable and even fun. This book successfully does just that."
-Americancivilwar Reviewer
The Clearest Explanation Ever of the Key Accounting Basics
The world of accounting can be intimidating. Whether you're a manager, business owner or aspiring entrepreneur, you've likely found yourself needing to know basic accounting...but baffled by complicated accounting books. What if learning accounting could be as simple and fun as running a child's lemonade stand? It can.
The Accounting Game presents financial information in a format so simple and so unlike a common accounting textbook, you may forget you're learning key skills that will help you get ahead! Using the world of a child's lemonade stand to teach the basics of managing your finances, this book makes a dry subject fun and understandable. As you run your stand, you'll begin to understand and apply financial terms and concepts like assets, liabilities, earnings, inventory and notes payable, plus:
--Interactive format gives you hands-on experience
--Color-coded charts and worksheets help you remember key terms
--Step-by-step process takes you from novice to expert with ease
--Fun story format speeds retention of essential concepts
--Designed to apply what you learn to the real world
The revolutionary approach of The Accounting Game takes the difficult subjects of accounting and business finance and makes them something you can easily learn, understand, remember and use!
"The game approach makes the subject matter most understandable. I highly recommend it to anyone frightened by either numbers or accountants."
-John Hernandis, Director of Corporate Communications, American Greetings
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Loved it! |
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This was a great review for accounting... I haven't been in the accounting industry for a while and needed to brush up and this was an educational and fun approach. |
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Good introductory overview |
This book provided exactly what I wanted - a good introduction to the basics of accounting. If you want to understand the basics of accounting without having to take a college course on it or wading through a 500-page, jargon-filled textbook, or if you want a book to supplement a college textbook and reinforce the basics, this is a good book for you.
Allow me to emphasize "basic" accounting; you will learn stuff like terminology (like what "gross profit" is and how it differs from net profit), basic methodologies (e.g. LIFO vs. FIFO), and basic tasks like how to create balance sheets, cash statements, and whatnot. This book will not, however, make you a CPA overnight; at some points, it may give you just enough knowledge to make you dangerous.
Although I doubt there's a way to make accounting really interesting, this book came close, and the format as a storybook really made sticking with it a lot easier (and less boring). It's also concise enough to be read relatively quickly and interesting enough that you'll actually be willing to do so. Highly recommended. |
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not really what I was hoping for |
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Based on the majority of reviews here, I was hoping this would be neither too simplistic nor too dry. Unfortunately, its too simplistic, and also, since it uses a story-based layout, it is essentially worthless as a reference. What I was hoping for an easy-to-understand reference about accounting, but this is a rudimentary set of information that you have to read beginning-to-end to make any sense out of. |
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Great Introduction to Accounting! |
It's a good introduction to accounting..but you definitely need more than this book if you want to become an accountant ;-)
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Read this one first - but don't stop there! |
This book is great for people who don't have any experience or general understanding of accounting. A few months ago I was hired as an office assistant, even though I had no office or bookkeeping experience. Quickbooks was an enigma to me for a while, although it's definitely getting better.
It only took me a few days to finish this book, and it was enjoyable all the way through. This book will NOT give you specifics on how to start your own business! It was written for inexperienced (dare I say ignorant?) people who need a leg to stand on before they start digging into the specifics. If you are accounting-challenged, make this the first book you read, but not the only one. |
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