According to Variety The Trump Administration has banned Julianne Moore‘s 2007 children’s book “Freckleface Strawberry” from schools operated by the Department of Defense. She shared this information on Instagram Sunday morning.
Julianne Moore wrote “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.”
Her full statement is in the screenshot below. You can click on it to enlarge it.
The book blurb from Goodreads is as follows:
If you have freckles, you can try these things:
1) Make them go away. Unless scrubbing doesn't work.
2) Cover them up. Unless your mom yells at you for using a marker.
3) Disappear.
Um, where'd you go?
Oh, there you are.
There's one other thing you can do:
4) LIVE WITH THEM!
Because after all, the things that make you different also make you YOU.
From acclaimed actress Julianne Moore and award-winning illustrator LeUyen Pham comes a delightful story of a little girl who's different ... just like everybody else.
READ BANNED BOOKS CHALLENGE
I fully anticipated the Trump administration banning books so I created the 2025 Read Banned Books Challenge.
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I'm making Feckleface Strawberry by Julianne Moore a group read book.
It's actually the first in an entire series of books about Freckleface Strawberry so all of these books will count as banned books.
Check back often because I'm sure the Trump administration will add to the list of banned books. I will update about each book that is added. While I do enjoy hosting reading challenges, this is not a challenge I enjoy adding books to.
