Julianne Moore Details “Great Shock” Of Learning Trump Banned Her Children’s Book: “Truly Saddened”

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As the Trump administration wages a crusade against children’s books, Julianne Moore has found her own work on a banned list.

On Sunday, the Oscar winner revealed her 2007 book Freckleface Strawberry was banned by the U.S. Department of Defense in a recent purge of books tied to race, gender and sexuality, following President Donald Trump‘s executive order targeting topics related to diversity in the military. “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,” she wrote on Instagram. “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 am particularly stunned because I am a proud graduate of Frankfurt American High School a #DOD school that once operated in Frankfurt, Germany.

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.

It is galling for me to realize that kids like me, growing up with a parent in the service and attending a @dodea_edu school will not have access to a book written by someone whose life experience is so similar to their own.