Abstract
The text aims to present which representations about reading books were present in some print publications, in the period among 1927 to 1946, as well as highlight the possibilities of influence of these ideas in the reading proceeding practices in public schools of São Paulo state. It begins from the premise that book can be considered a concrete object of a scholar written culture, due to find there a space, a temporality and a language. The analysis indicates that the written statements proved directed, in principle, to the establishment and legitimation of political interests to implement a nationalized and uniform teaching, since it establishes elaboration criteria of a qualified didactic work, then, it is directed to the students and teachers readers.
Keywords:
reading books; representations of reading; scholar school culture