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The aim of this thesis was to research swearwords and sobriquets in the children’s book series Puluboi ja Poni. The research engages both in the swearing and in the name-calling research. Name-calling has been studied in the children’s language, most often considering bullying. For a long time, swearing was a neglected research area, but the interest in it has grown since the 1960’s. An even more rare research area has been the prevalence of swearing in the children’s language and literature. Children’s literature is both an instrument and object of learning. As an instrument of learning, it promotes literacy, and as its object, it passes on our pedagogical prospects. In this study, I will view what kind of swearwords and sobriquets are there in the children’s book series Puluboi ja poni. I will also view how are they used and talked about. The research material was a six-piece book series Puluboi ja Poni by Veera Salmi. This particular series contains a number of swearwords and sobriquets. The topic and the matter together create an interesting setting since swearwords and sobriquets are mainly considered inappropriate language and children’s literature is a tool of education. The study was qualitative and research method was discourse analysis. As an analytical tool I used both theoretical and material-based content analysis. There were 63 swearwords and 68 sobriquets according to the scope of the study. All three taboos were found in the swearwords of Puluboi ja Poni -book series. Most referred taboo were religious taboos. Typically, swearwords were used as expletives, for example to relief mental distress. Sobriquets were used to offend the referent. Sobriquets offended usually referents psychical traits. A number of meanings were given for swearing and name-calling; as that, it is ugly and forbidden usage of language. The discourse and metadiscourse in the book series were partly aligned. Puluboi ja Poni -book series challenges the prospects of appropriate and inappropriate language. It is a good tool to examine this phenomenon with adults and kids.