Julianne Moore ‘Stunned’ to Learn Her Children’s Book About Freckles Is Banned by Trump Administration

“I am truly saddened,” the actor writes in the wake of “Freckleface Strawberry” no longer being allowed in schools

Julianne Moore
Julianne Moore attends the "The Room Next Door" Premiere (Photo by Lyvans Boolaky/Getty Images)

In light of her first children’s book being banned, Julianne Moore took to Instagram to express her shock and disapproval over the Trump administration’s education policies.

“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 on Sunday.

A semi-autobiographical story, “Freckleface Strawberry” tells the story of a 7-year-old girl who doesn’t like her freckles. But as the book goes on, she learns to accept them as well as the fact that she’s different “just like everybody else.”

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