Would like to learn javascript, book or web site ideas please!

I'm pretty much sorted on html and css, and I'd really like to get my teeth stuck into javascript. I wanted to go straight into jquery but found it way too much for me.

Can anyone recommend any good books or web sites which can help me learn?

 

I found the book Big Java to be a useful resource.

 

you could look into the javascript frameworks also:

prototype
script.alicio.us
jquery

 

I would start with http://www.w3schools.com/js/
Another great resource is http://www.quirksmode.org/resources.html