>Hello all,
>
>In putting together materials for the Squeak CD-ROM (which I intend to
>post to the list for comment real soon), I've noticed that there seems
>to be a good collection of Squeak tutorial materials, but no real simple
>introduction to the language itself with basic programming syntax examples.

While not exactly what you are asking for, I am informed that my 
"Squeak Smalltalk: A Quick Reference," has been found useful for 
these purposes.  It does begin with a basic description of the 
language and some syntax examples.

http://www.mucow.com/squeak-qref.html