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Actress Julianne Moore said in an Instagram post Sunday that she is in “great shock” over her children’s book being allegedly banned by President Donald Trump’s Department of Defense.
“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 said in an Instagram post.
Moore, who won an Oscar in 2015 for her film, “Still Alice,” published a children’s book in 2007 called, “Freckleface Strawberry,” about a young girl who has freckles and learns to accept differences in herself and others.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives at the Pentagon, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
In her Instagram post, Moore said the book 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.’”
The Department of Defense’s Education Activity, the entity that plans and executes pre-K-to-12 grade educational programming for the DOD, told Fox News Digital after publication, “DoDEA is reviewing its current policies and instructional resources in light of recent Executive Orders and Department of Defense guidance.
“At this time, we are conducting a review – no materials have been permanently removed from our school libraries pending completion of the review. During this period, materials under review will have access limited to professional staff.”
On Jan. 26, 2025, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a post on X that the DOD would be ending all DEI programming to comply with President Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day executive order closing DEI offices in the federal government.
Part of the preview of Moore’s book on Amazon reads, “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.”
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The U.S. Department of Education building is seen in Washington, Nov. 18, 2024. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)
“I am particularly stunned because I am a proud graduate of Frankfurt American High School a #DOD school that once operated in Frankfurt, Germany,” Moore said. “I grew up with a father who is a Vietnam veteran and spent his career in the #USArmy. I could not be prouder of him and his service to our country.”
She added, “It is galling for me to realize that kids like me, growing up with a parent in the service and attending a @dodea_edu [The Department of Defense Education Activity] school will not have access to a book written by someone whose life experience is so similar to their own. And I can’t help but wonder what is so controversial about this picture book that cause it to be banned by the US Government.”
