Autor/-in: Marla B Brodsky

Marla BB, once known as New York City's sassy mama blues singer, became a martial artist and self-defense teacher, then a mama, and finally a musher. After a decade of raising 24 Alaskan Huskies and one daughter in the hilltowns of Western Massachusetts, Marla BB realized her dream of bringing her own sled dog team to mush the 750 mile Serum Run Trail across Alaska. When Marla started Hilltown Sleddogs, racing was her passion. With a wheeled rig on dry land and a sled on snow, Marla raced across North America and Sweden. Touring was her business. Thousands of hands of campers and clients have pet, hugged & loved the Hilltown Sleddogs. Sled dog camps and empowering youth became her mission. Campers became junior handlers, camp counsellors, even racers. Marla says, "My sled dogs are my family, my daughters' canine siblings, my work companions and the reason I go to bed feeling loved, and I wake up with a howl in my heart. " Meet the Hilltown Sleddogs team at www. hilltownsleddogs. com, a storybook reading or speaking engagement near you.