The aim of the study is to find out how the characters of Moomin and their relationships to each other might be portrayed from a queer theoretical perspective, as well as how the Moomin characters deviates from normative ideas. The purpose is to gain knowledge of how and if the Moomin books can be used as an educational tool with children as part of the preschool’s work with values. A qualitative analysis has been used to investigate the original books of Moomin. The result of this study indicates that you can use the books of Moomin, due the fact of the variety and the diversity of characters as well as using the characters relationships with each other and to enable a discussion of norms and values. In the analysis the queer perspective was used to highlight characters who were perceived as deviant and not part of the norm. The results showed the possibility of using the books in a preschool’s work with values to encourage knowledge and understanding regarding the equality of all.