This  essay  analyses  J.M Barries  classic   novel  Peter Pan (1911). It was a story  first   produced as a play but later turned into a novel. The purpose of this essay is to analyse how six different characters are portrayed  in  relation  to  the  different  gender  roles  in  the  book. With  help  from these  portrayals  I have  been able  to  analyse   the  social  production  of gender  in  Peter Pan. I also discuss how  Peter Pan can be used  for  educational  purposes,  this  is  done  with  a background  to the  fundamental  values  from  the curriculum  and  the Swedish   Course’ssyllabus. The essay  is  based on Lena  Kårelands  (2015) and  Maria  Nikolajevas (2013) description  of different  gender  roles  in  children’s  literature.  The  result  in  this  analysis   is  that the gender roles in Peter Pan are not that different from what  could  be expected at the time  it  was written,  but  it  can be used  for  educational  purposes  as a point  of departure  when discussing different gender  roles.  It can also  be used  in  subject  integration  in  for  example English   as reading  aloud  to the pupils.