🧝‍♀️ Vintage Mary Alma Dillman Books – Nova Scotia Elf Folklore Pair

Step aside Grimm Bros—Mary Alma Dillman was over here in Nova Scotia writing about Indigenous legends and singing elves decades before folklore was Tumblr-core. These two rare regional paperbacks from the 1970s-80s capture a dreamy mashup of Mi’kmaq storytelling, settler mythmaking, and straight-up forest magic. 🪶 In the Land of the Micmacs features a blend of fictionalized Indigenous narratives (yep, through a settler lens—handle with nuance) and whimsical elf-child encounters. It’s a strange, sincere little time capsule from the Nova Scotian backwoods. 🎶 The Singing Elves of Swift Water Glen is full of church choirs, elfin traditions, and that very specific “printed by a small-town publisher before the internet” energy. 👀 Pages are clean. Covers show age and shelf wear, particularly on Swift Water Glen (scuffs, sticker remnants, a pencilled $4.99). Binding is solid and readable for both. ✨ Collector appeal: These are nearly impossible to find outside Nova Scotia. Privately printed, lightly archived, and hyper-local. 🧠 Nostalgia factor: If you grew up here in the 80s/90s, there’s a non-zero chance these sat beside the Gideon Bibles in your childhood bookshelf.