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jormis29
Since: Mar, 2012
4th Jun, 2018 04:20:14 AM
Bartlett and the Ice Voyage?
Edited by jormis29
ninereeds
Since: Jul, 2017
4th Jun, 2018 11:19:29 PM
Yes, that's it! Thank you!
This was a children's novel that I read when I was around 8-12 years old. It focused on a queen who wanted a fresh peach (or possibly a different fruit/food, but I'm pretty sure it was a peach). However, her kingdom didn't have any peach trees, so the peach would have to be imported, and by the time it arrived it wouldn't be fresh anymore. So a famous explorer puts a peach in the middle of an iceberg and tows it behind his ship. He arrives back in the kingdom just as the iceberg fully melts and delivers a perfectly fresh peach to the queen.
Here are a number of other details that I think I remember, but I may be wrong. The explorer had a long-suffering sidekick. The book was from a series focusing on the explorer. I remember the title being similar to "Bartlett and the Peach", but I can't find this title via google. The same author also wrote a series of books about a girl who lived in a large apartment building and was good friends with the resident baker.