Come to the village green in front of Snow Library for a performance by award-winning storyteller Motoko, as the Friends of Snow Library’s summer storytelling series continues. The program is funded by a grant from the Fred J. Brotherton Charitable Foundation.

A native of Osaka, Japan, Motoko has performed her Asian folktales and original stories since 1993 in schools, libraries, museums and festivals across the U.S., as well as in China, Japan, Senegal, and the U.A.E. She has appeared on PBS’ Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, and toured Miyazaki, Japan, as part of CarnegieKids in Miyazaki, sponsored by Carnegie Hall. Her story recordings won a Parents’ Choice Silver Honor Award, a Storytelling World Award, and a National Parenting Publications Award. Motoko is the recipient of the 2017 National Storytelling Network’s Circle of Excellence Award. She is the author of “A Year in Japan: Folktales, Songs and Art for the Classroom.”