The text presents results of a study whose main goal was to contribute to the systematization and dissemination of the history of the book of Mato Grosso state, by investigating the production, diffusion and circulation of the school primer Ada and Edu, created in 1977. The study falls into the category of history of literacy, and is guided by theoretical and methodological frameworks linked to cultural history and book history. The methodological proposal has arisen from the communications circuit, a model proposed by Robert Darnton, to examine the course of the regional school primer Nossa terra nossa gente, subsequently changed to school primer Ada and Edu, published and marketed nationwide by Editora Bloch. It was possible to reconstruct aspects of the production and circulation of that school primer in the context of Mato Grosso state and record elements of nationwide circulation through Programa Nacional do Livro Didático (PNLD, National Textbook Program).
history of literacy; school primers; circulation of books
