I used these resources when researching the annotations for this fairy tale. Most should be available through your local library, but I have included links to the titles on Amazon.com for further reading.

Korolev, Cyril. "Firebird." Encyclopedia Mythica at Pantheon.org.
URL: http://www.pantheon.org/articles/f/firebird.html
Accessed on September 11, 2006.

"Firebird (Russsian Folklore)." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firebird_(Russian_folklore)
Accessed on September 11, 2006.

Haney, Jack V. An Introduction to the Russian Folktale. Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, 1999.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in hardcover or paperback.

Internet Movie Database.
URL: http://www.imdb.org.
Accessed on August 26, 2006.

Ivanits, Linda J. Russian Folk Belief. Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, 1989.
Amazon.com: Buy the book in hardcover or paperback.

Pilinovsky, Helen J. "By Any Other Name: An Overview of the Russian Fairy Tale in the Fantastic Tradition of the East and West." Endicott Studio Journal of Mythic Arts. Winter 2004.
URL: http://www.endicott-studio.com/rdrm/rrrussian.html