Books
Learning Perl (basics, skim this)
Effective Perl Programming (read this)
How to Program Perl (Deitel & Deitel)->
http://vig.prenhall.com/catalog/academic/product/1,4096,0130284181,00.html
This last (Deitel)reference has disk tutorials included, great for interactive learning from the ground up, a good supplement to Learning Perl.