‘Little Tree’ is off of Oprah’s list

Oprah Winfrey has pulled a discredited children’s book, Forrest Carter’s “The Education of Little Tree,” from a list of recommended titles on her website, blaming an archival “error” for including a work considered the literary hoax of a white supremacist.

“The archived listing was posted in error and has been removed,” Winfrey spokeswoman Angela DePaul said Tuesday, adding that she did not know long “Little Tree” had been on the site.

The Associated Press had inquired last week about “The Education of Little Tree,” which was featured on www.oprah.com with “The Color Purple,” “The Grapes of Wrath” and other “guaranteed page-turners from Oprah’s personal collection.” The list can also be linked to in-store computer searches at Barnes & Noble.