Although Budge is considered by modern Egyptologists to be outdated, I like his interlinear approach with the hieroglyphs just over the phonetic and English translations. His style of writing is also easy to read. Great book for the hobbyist, but take care if you are a serious student. ( )

Go to a good Library (Bibliothèque) and take photo-copy of Gardinar's Grammar, the pages with the 'Signs List' and its small 'dictionnary', both at the end of the book.
Later, you can by the Grammar published in Oxford, relatively cheap compared to any other ? ( )

Comprehensive beginner's manual includes extensive glossary of characters, phonetic values, grammar, selected readings. Standard guide.
1910. This book is intended to form an easy introduction to the study of the Egyptian hieroglyphic inscriptions. It contains a short account of the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics, and a sketch of the hieroglyphic system of writing and of the general principles which underlie the use of picture signs to express thought. The main facts of Egyptian grammar are given in a series of short chapters, and these are illustrated by numerous brief extracts from hieroglyphic texts; each extract is printed in hieroglyphic type and is accompanied by a transliteration and translation. Included in this book is a lengthy list of hieroglyphic characters with their values both as phonetics and ideograms.

Reprint. Originally published: 8th ed. : London : Routledge & K. Paul, 1966. ( )