"PIC Microcontroller Project Book:For PIC Basic and PIC Basic Pro Compilers"
Author: John Iovine, John Iovine
Date: 01 April, 2004
ISBN: 0071437045
Language: English
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics
Above suggestions are good. I would persevere with C though, it will be more useful later on. Try CCS compiler, good for learning as many functions built in.