author
Eden Coybee
Best known for the charming children's title A Flower Book, this little-known author is associated with the classic Dumpy Books for Children series from the turn of the 20th century. Very little biographical information appears to survive, which gives the work an added air of curiosity and rarity.
1 Audiobook
A flower book
by Eden Coybee
About the author
Published around 1901, A Flower Book is the work most clearly linked to Eden Coybee. It appeared as part of The Dumpy Books for Children, a small-format British children's series selected by E. V. Lucas and issued in the late 1890s and early 1900s.
The book is remembered for its gentle, imaginative approach to flowers and for its collaboration with illustrator Nellie Benson. Modern catalog and library-style sources consistently connect Coybee with this title, but they offer almost no personal details beyond the name.
Because confirmed information is so scarce, Eden Coybee remains a somewhat mysterious figure in children's publishing history. For listeners, that makes the surviving work especially appealing: a small, early-20th-century book that has outlasted much of the story of its creator.