Censorship 2025: Julianne Moore Shocked After Donald Trump Bans Her Children’s Book ‘Freckleface Strawberry’ From Schools

Julianne Moore Shocked After Donald Trump Bans Her Children’s Book ‘Freckleface Strawberry’ From Schools: ‘I Can’t Help But Wonder What Is So Controversial

CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 19: Julianne Moore attends the Women In Motion with Julianne Moore photocall at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at Majestic Hotel on May 19, 2024 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
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The Trump Administration has banned Oscar winner Julianne Moore’s 2007 children’s book “Freckleface Strawberry” from schools operated by the Department of Defense, the “Far from Heaven” star shared on Instagram Sunday morning.

“It is a great shock for me to learn that my first book, ‘Freckleface Strawberry,’ has been banned by the Trump Administration from schools run by the Department of Defense,” Moore wrote. “‘Freckleface Strawberry’ is a semi-autobiographical story about a seven-year-old girl who dislikes her freckles but eventually learns to live with them when she realizes that she is different ‘just like everybody else.’ It is a book I wrote for my children and for other kids to remind them that we all struggle, but are united by our humanity and our community.”

“I can’t help but wonder what is so controversial about this picture book that caused it to be banned by the US Government,” Moore continued. “I am truly saddened and never thought I would see this in a country where freedom of speech and expression is a constitutional right.”

Moore credited non-profit literary activist group Pen America for bringing the ban to her attention.

Pen America’s own Instagram noted that Kathleen Krull’s Ruth Bader Ginsburg picture book “No Truth Without Ruth” and Ellis Nutt’s “Becoming Nicole” were embargoed along with “Freckleface Strawberry.”

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