In this paper we aimed to show why fairy tales are processed in kindergarten with pre-school children, how the characters from fairy tales affect the children and what can be learnable from fairy tales. The theoretical part describes a fairy tale in general and a role that it has in the life of a child. Furthermore, it is shown how to choose a fairy tale for the preschool child, how and when to read it, why do kids need to read fairy tales and are classic fairy tales frightening for children of preschool age. Children are surrounded with fairy tales on a daily basis, in kindergartens or in a family environment with the parents. The fairy tale is important for pre-school children. Along with the fairy tales they learn about life, about things they can and cannot do. They learn how to behave in certain situations, with friends, relatives, with the elderly. A fairy tale is the first book with a picture book that parents read to the children. Although most parents read fairy tales to their children, there are parents who believe that fairy tales are not good for children. They consider that the fairy tales have a bad influence on children, and that they are still too small to be familiar with the evil that is around them. Briefly, the parents want to protect their children from bad things with which they may encounter further in life. The children can indentify themselves with the characters from the fairy tales so eventually these characters serve as role models. The children are sad when at the beginning the main character loses a battle with the enemy, but they're still with their heroes and they can rely on the cognition that in the end the good will win. It can easily be seen how great is the fear for their heroes, because a child wants their parents to reread the same fairy tale over and over. Children strongly experience fairy tales and that is the fact that most people are familiar with, especially those who read them on a daily basis. In the second part, the empirical part, the subject of the research is defined and points to the importance of the research. The research sample consisted of both the parents and the educators. On the basis of the theoretical and empirical data we conclude that theory and practice confirm each other. With preschool children we need to strive for creative work with fairy tales. Only then we will achieve a better effect.