In this study, I examine how educators are working with gender. My focus has been on gender and literature. The questions I asked is how educators choose the books that are read in the preschools and if they discuss literature from a gender perspective? I used two methods in this study, observations and interviews. My main base of theory is Lev Vygotskijs’ sociocultural theory. My main conclusion is that gender perspectives are used in varying degrees when literature is discussed. During my observations I could see, that the teachers were working in slightly different ways with gender although they work with the same curriculum. I also found that gender is an important subject in the preschools and that all the teachers thought they worked with gender.