This article presents the results of a study on the process of choosing textbooks (LD), within the Brazilian National Textbook Program (PNLD), in order to answer the following question: How do Basic Education Schools (EEB) organize and develop actions to choose LD? To collect information, we interviewed members of the management team from 15 EEB. By analyzing the interviews, we can say that: (1) The organization of the process for choosing LD in EEB was triggered by publishers actions, rather than the FNDE guidelines; (2) in the process of choosing LD is quite common for the teachers to have short meetings during the break between classes, so that they can make decisions about the choice of LD; (3) the actions developed in EEB mobilize all teachers in at least one meeting, but these actions are restricted to the task of choosing the LD for each subject area, with no further discussions about the specific aims of high school, or the role of LD.
textbooks; Brazilian National Textbook Program; basic education schools; high school