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Julianne Moore, an Oscar-winning actress, has signed on to star in the Wonderstruck film adaptation. In the past, Moore has taken on roles in several book-based projects including Game Change, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, and Still Alice.
Variety reports that Todd Haynes will serve as the director. The story for this movie comes from Brian Selznick’s2011 children’s book.
Here’s more from Deadline: “Wonderstruck follows the intertwined narratives of two deaf children, Ben and Rose. Ben lives with his family in Minnesota in 1977, and runs off to New York following his mother’s death when a mysterious note shows up. Rose, who is locked in a house in 1927 New Jersey, also escapes to New York to see her idol, film actress Lillian Mayhew.” (via Indiewire)
Lisa Genova has written a new novel entitled Inside the O’Briens. The story follows a police officer who is afflicted with Huntington’s disease named Joe O’Brien.
Here’s more from the press release: “Huntington’s is a lethal neurodegenerative disease with no treatment and no cure. Each of Joe’s four children has a 50 percent chance of inheriting their father’s disease, and a simple blood test can reveal their genetic fate. While watching what may be her future in her father’s escalating symptoms, twenty-one-year-old daughter Katie struggles with the questions this test imposes on her young adult life.”
Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, has set a publication date for April 7th. Genova established her writing career with the 2009 bestseller Still Alice which dealt with the illness of Alzheimer’s disease. Julianne Moore, the star of the Still Alice film adaptation, recently won the Academy Award in the Best Actress category for portraying the character Professor Alice Howland.
A new trailer has been unleashed for the Still Alice movie. The story for this film adaptation is based on Lisa Genova’s 2007 debut novel.
The video embedded above offers glimpses of Julianne Moore as Dr. Alice Howland, Alec Baldwin as Dr. John Howland, and Kristen Stewart as Lydia Howland. The theatrical release date has been set for January 16, 2015. (via Deadline)
Lionsgate has launched TheHungerGamesExclusive.com to give fans their first look at the next installment of The Hunger Games film franchise, Mockingjay Part 1. The Facebook announcement has drawn more than 48,000 "likes."
Visitors who explore the website will find notes from a filmmaker roundtable, excerpts from the script, and a Mockingjay motion poster. The photos feature Julianne Mooredressed as Alma Coin, Woody Harrelson playing mentor Haymitch Abernathy, and the late Philip Seymour Hoffman portraying head gamemaker Plutarch Heavensbee.
In the video embedded above, Moore sits for an interview and shares her thoughts on Suzanne Collins' books, the characters, and the story itself. Mockingjay Part 1 will hit theaters on November 21, 2014. Mockingjay Part 2 is set to follow on November 20, 2015. What do you think? (via BuzzFeed)
Julianne Moore recently joined First Book at Round the Clock Nursery in Harlem to read her newest children’s book ‘My Mom is a Foreigner, But Not to Me.’ After the event, she spoke with us about her love of reading and how she came to write children’s books.
Q: Have you always been an avid reader?
Julianne Moore: I have always loved reading – my mother brought us to the library once a week and encouraged us to check out as many books as we thought we could read until they were due back!
Q: How has reading affected your life as an adult?
Julianne Moore: Reading as a child has ABSOLUTELY affected my life as an adult – it determined that course of my career. Acting, for me, has always been about being in a narrative- as a child I wanted to crawl into the book, literally be IN THE STORY. When I started acting, I realized this was as close as I could get!
Q: Growing up in a military family, you moved around a lot. What was your schooling like? Did you observe differences in the various communities?
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The availability of books and educational materials in schools is directly related to the tax rolls of the county in which you live. This became apparent to me a very young age – I might be attending a great school in one state and then move to another that was in a slightly different tax bracket, and therefore did not have the same kind of resources. What I experienced was minor, as I lived in mostly well populated and well-financed public school districts. But I am stunned when I think of the lack of equality in the US school system.
Q: You have devoted a great deal of time and energy to inspiring young readers and leveling the educational playing field for kids in need. Why do you feel this is important?
Julianne Moore: We will not be serving our children and the population at large if we do not educate everyone equally. Our country was founded on the idea of equal opportunity for all, and the only way to insure that opportunity is through education. And literacy is its linchpin. When I speak to children, I always say, if you read, you can learn about anything – and you learn you can BE anything.
Q: How do you recommend people get involved?
Julianne Moore: There are so many literacy groups nationwide – many of which get books from First Book. You can volunteer at your local library, or public school, or community center. Or donate to First Book!
Q: What inspired you to write your latest children’s book?
Julianne Moore: My Mom Is a Foreigner, But Not to Me was inspired by my mother Anne, who came to the United States from Scotland when she was ten years old. When she was asked upon entry to the US if she wanted to become a citizen, she said, no – she would be going home! She didn’t. She married my father and had three children before she was 25, and became a citizen at 27.
I remember her coming home from the swearing in ceremony, carrying a little American flag, and crying because they had made her renounce her British citizenship. My mother’s culture was essential to her, and it was important to her that the three of us knew that we were a part of that culture as well. We would tease her about being “foreign”, and she would retort by saying that we were half foreign as well!
As I grew up, I have met many 1st generation Americans, and I noticed similarities – different ways of dressing, accents, sayings, etc – all so personal and idiosyncratic to that particular family – but so alike in sensation. This book is so important to me because ultimately it is about how no matter how different or even alien a person’s culture is to the rest of the world, or even the child themselves – if that person is their MOTHER then they are also the LEAST foreign person in the world to them. I lost my mother four years ago, and would give anything to have her back, and give her this book.
Q: How do we keep kids engaged in reading?
Julianne Moore: Once the child has started reading the trick is to keep them reading . . . and engaged. I really don’t care what it is that a child likes to read, as long as they are engaged by it. I honestly feel like if a kid is losing interest in reading it is the material that is not interesting them, so you just have to keep casting about to find the thing they care about. And I think you just have to keep on doing it!
Tony Award winner Patina Miller has been hired for the role of rebel leader Commander Paylor. Game of Thrones actress Natalie Dormer will step into the shoes of a filmmaker named Cressida.
We’re huge fans of award-winning actress Julianne Moore at First Book; not only is she supremely talented on stage and screen, she’s also a children’s book author and all -around lovely person.
So we were thrilled that she was able to join us yesterday at Round The Clock Nursery in Harlem to celebrate the first day of school in New York City. Round The Clock Nursery is an amazing early childhood program that serves kids in need and their families 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, and one of the many programs that First Book provides with new books and educational materials.
The kids were thrilled to meet Julianne. She read them her new book, ‘My Mom is a Foreigner, But Not to Me’, and gave each of them a signed copy of their own to keep.
Julieanne Moore reading her new book with a child at a community center in Harlem to celebrate the start of a new school year.
Kids from Round The Clock Nursery, along with Gail Davis, founder and president (seated at left), Julianne Moore, and Kyle Zimmer, president and CEO of First Book.
Each student received a signed copy of Julianne Moore’s new book, ‘My Mom is a Foreigner, But Not to Me.’
The books were provided by Julianne Moore’s publisher, Chronicle Books.
Journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann will once again be teaming up on a new nonfiction project. Following the success of their 2010 title, Game Change, the writing duo plans to pen Double Down: Game Change 2012.
This book will examine Presidential race between President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. Penguin Press president and editor-in-chief Ann Godoff negotiated the deal with The Wylie Agency’s Andrew Wylie. According to The New York Times, the publisher has planned a release date for fall 2013.
Here’s more from The Hollywood Reporter: “The book already has been optioned by HBO. The cable network aired Game Change, a Jay Roach-directed andDanny Strong-written movie about the 2008 election that in September won four Emmys, including one for Julianne Moore‘s performance as Sarah Palin. Roach and Strong are likely to return for the sequel.”
The Colbert Report host Stephen Colbert interviewed Where the Wild Things Are author Maurice Sendak this week. Follow these links to watch part one and part two of the interview.
According to Shelf Awareness, Colbert “turned [to Sendak] for advice on becoming a celebrity children’s author, pitched his sequel idea for Where the Wild Things Are 2: Still Wildin’ (featuring action star Vin Diesel) and generally let the wild rumpus begin.”
During the interview, some of the “rumpus” that emerged included Sendak’s opinion on the current state of children’s literature; he finds it “abysmal” and thinks that “most books for children are very bad.”
If you’ve ever attended Book Expo America (BEA), you’ll know that the food cart choices parked outside the Javits Center typically feature hot dogs and kebabs.
Penguin Young Readers Group author Sarah Dessen (pictured, via) will shake things up with the Dessen Sweetery Truck.
Associate director of publicity Elyse Marshall explained in an email: “Sarah will head out to the truck to hand out free whoopee pies to fans and hungry BEAers. There will be three flavors available: red velvet, chocolate, and Sarah’s Strawberry Surprise (a custom whoopee pie). The truck will be entirely wrapped in Sarah Dessen branding, with all her book covers featured. There will be giveaways available for a few lucky attendees before the Dessen Sweetery Truck moves onto it’s second location of the day: Union Square.”
Oscar-nominated actress Julianne Moore, Emmy-nominated comedian Mindy Kaling, and journalist Jim Lehrer will host breakfast events at this year’s Book Expo America.
Moore, author of picture book Freckleface Strawberry, will preside over the children’s writers’ breakfast. Kaling (a writer at The Office) and Lehrer (author of both fiction and nonfiction) will host two adult writers’ breakfasts.
Here’s more from the press release: “The other speakers who will be joining the hosts for these popular events include Sarah Dessen, Roger Ebert, Anne Enright, Jefferey Eugenides, Charlaine Harris, Kevin Henkes, Diane Keaton, Erik Larson, and Brian Selznick. In addition, Katherine Paterson, who is the current Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, will be saying a few words at the Children’s Breakfast on behalf of the Children’s Book Council.”
This past summer my friend Kevin took an epic trip to Asia, 45 days traveling through China, Vietnam, Thailand, and Korea. He had plenty of stories to share when he came back about the culture, food, and all the pretty girls (Kevin is single). I actually found his stories about the pretty girls fascinating, because [...]
Gwyneth Paltrow's latest Goop newsletter boasts an excellent list of children's books that come highly recommended by a wonderful group of celebrities and children's book specialists.
Cynthia's Attic has the huge honor of hosting actress, Julianne Moore and her latest picture book. As a long-time admirer of her as an actress, it's been interesting reading about her as a person, an advocate for children's literacy, and especially her human qualities. How many of us survived our school days without running, headlong, into the schoolyard bully? She address this problem with humor and sensitivity.
THE FOUR-TIME ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE AND HER SPUNKY, PICTURE BOOK STAR DODGE A BULLY, Acclaimed actress, and now beloved picture book author JULIANNE MOORE and bestselling illustrator LeUyen Pham join talents again for FRECKLEFACE STRAWBERRY AND THE DODGEBALL BULLY.
This time, their perky, loveable seven-year-old encounters a bully on the playground—Windy Pants Patrick—during a game of dodgeball. As the brute prepares to hurl his might at Freckleface and her friends, she must figure out how to summon the courage to stand up to him. Ms. Moore tackles this all-to- prevalent problem with both humor and grace.
It is Ms. Moore’s infusion of hilarity and heart that has won her praise from booksellers, educators, reviewers—and most importantly young readers!—for her debut picture book Freckleface Strawberry, a charming tale inspired by a childhood experience.
Nicknamed Freckleface Strawberry when she a young girl, Ms. Moore disliked the title as much as she disliked her red hair and freckles. “As a child, my hatred of my freckles was only matched by my love of reading,” said the author, who eventually grew to tolerate her red hair and freckles and find amusement in telling her own kids about her childhood nickname. Dodgeball isn’t based on personal experience, but creating a feisty character who makes the best of a bad situation—and does so with style and wit—is essential to Ms. Moore.
Freckleface Strawberry and the Dodgeball Bully by Julianne Moore Now Available on Amazon.com - Order Your Copy Today
For complete tour information and the complete schedule, visit her Virtual Blog Tourhome page.
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Such an important topic for kiddos of all ages. Love that this book will start them young understanding bullying is not acceptable...and in a way that is entertaining and fun!
I hope someday I run across this book ... looks fun. My kids are grown, my maturity level is at teen, so it's a bit too high for this book, and I don't have any grandkids yet.
This is a book I need to get for my grandchildren. I have one that I believe would fits the character of Freckleface Strawberry and 2 that fit the character of Dodgeball Bully
As a former pre-school teacher, I found this story to be absolutely delightful. Freckleface Strawberry likes it when her parents go to work early beacause she get to go to Early Bird—most of the time. She's really good at a lot of the things they get to do, but sometimes it rains and then they have to go inside and play…dodgeball.
The only one who really likes dodgeball is Windy Pants Patrick, the school bully. Everyone else is …afraid. But then one day, Freckleface Strawberry came up with a plan.
Fears abound in this very clever book that has an unexpected twist that will have children cheering.
For complete tour information and the complete schedule, visit her tour home page here.
Four-time Academy award nominee actress, and beloved picture book author JULIANNE MOORE and bestselling illustrator LeUyen Pham have joined their immense talents once again to give young readers Freckleface Strawberry and the Dodgeball Bully.
It was Ms. Moore’s infusion of hilarity and heart that won her praise from booksellers, educators, reviewers—and most importantly young readers!—for her debut picture book Freckleface Strawberry, a charming tale inspired by a childhood experience.
Nicknamed Freckleface Strawberry when she a young girl, Ms. Moore disliked the title as much as she disliked her red hair and freckles. “As a child, my hatred of my freckles was only matched by my love of reading,” said the author, who eventually grew to tolerate her red hair and freckles and find amusement in telling her own kids about her childhood nickname. Dodgeball isn’t based on personal experience, but creating a feisty character who makes the best of a bad situation—and does so with style and wit—is essential to Ms. Moore.
One of the things I respect most about Julianne Moore is her commitment to the development and welfare of children. As the U. S. Ambassador for Save the Children she works with children and families in rural areas, focusing on literacy and early childhood education. Julianne successfully launched the Save the Children Valentine program in 2008 whereby children’s book illustrators donated art work for cards, with the proceeds benefiting poverty in the United States. She is also a member of Reach Out and Read, a children’s literacy organization dedicated to educating parents on the importance of reading to their children.
Julianne now lives with her husband and children in New York City.
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Julianne Moore, an Oscar-winning actress, has signed on to star in the Wonderstruck film adaptation. In the past, Moore has taken on roles in several book-based projects including Game Change, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, and Still Alice.
Q: How has reading affected your life as an adult?
Several actors have joined the cast of The Hunger Games film franchise. Their characters will be introduced in the two-part Mockingjay movies.
Journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann will once again be teaming up on 
The Colbert Report host Stephen Colbert interviewed Where the Wild Things Are author Maurice Sendak this week. Follow these links to watch 
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Such an important topic for kiddos of all ages. Love that this book will start them young understanding bullying is not acceptable...and in a way that is entertaining and fun!
Diana
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I hope someday I run across this book ... looks fun. My kids are grown, my maturity level is at teen, so it's a bit too high for this book, and I don't have any grandkids yet.
Norm
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This is a book I need to get for my grandchildren. I have one that I believe would fits the character of Freckleface Strawberry and 2 that fit the character of Dodgeball Bully
Your books sound great for the young crowd, too.
Books like these are so important in teaching children how to handle school bullys, and also "innocent" teasing.
Thanks for the comment, Martha.