Kim, Tae-ho The purpose of this paper is to suggest the perception for the histori- cal fairy tales of elementary learned reader. The methods are the ques- tionnaire survey and semi-structured interviews. Based on the study results, the direction of historical fairy tale edu- cation is proposed as follows. Firstly, elementary learned reader in 6th grade should be taught the fictiveness of the historical fairy tales ; sec- ondly, they should be taught critical reading of the historical fairy tales ; thirdly, they should understand aesthetical characteristics on historical fairy tales. This paper helps to develop the education of historical fairy tale.