Minna no Nihongo: Bk. 1 First in a series of highly regarded Japanese language textbooks.
Japanese for Busy People I: Kana Version includes CD (Japanese for Busy People Series) (Bk. 1) Another Japanese language textbook series.
Let's Learn Hiragana: First Book of Basic Japanese Writing (Kodansha's Children's Classics) Learning hiragana is the first step to learning how to write Japanese!
Kana Pict-o-Graphix: Mnemonics for Japanese Hiragana and Katakana A classic, and a fun way to learn kanji characters
Let's Learn Katakana: Second Book of Basic Japanese Writing Katakana is the other phonetic alphabet you need to learn.