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DATE: SATURDAY, May 19, 1990                   TAG: 9005190197
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-6   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: CULVER CITY, CALIF.                                LENGTH: Short

RED RIDING HOOD'S WINE BRINGS HER EXPULSION

First-grade readers of Little Red Riding Hood have more to fear than the Big Bad Wolf, say school officials. It's the wine she has in her basket.

An award-winning adaptation of the classic Grimm's fairy tale has been pulled from the youngsters' recommended supplemental reading list because the heroine has wine in the basket of goodies she brings her ailing grandmother.

"It gives the younger ones the wrong impression about alcohol. If they should refrain, why give them a story saying it's OK?" said Vera Jashni, assistant superintendent for instruction.

"I don't think the basket of wine is a good concept for kindergarten or first grade," said school board member Robert Knopf. He said he would rather have seen "a nice thing like cookies and cakes or a picnic basket with food in it." - Associated Press 


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