Maureen Fergus, illus. by Mike Lowery. Kids Can, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-77138-654-8 The duo behind The Day My Mom Came to Kindergarten returns with another story about an overly eager parent.

Both books are based on a fictitious 1870s Brides-for-Indians program in which the government agrees to send 1,000 white women to the Cheyenne as brides, in exchange for an equal number of horses.

In the book, Fergus, then known as Claudel, meets Jamie Fraser, portrayed by Sam Heughan, under dramatic circumstances. Jamie stumbles upon Fergus while fleeing from angry sailors and seeking ...

She elaborated: "Fergus is still a child of a w****house but he helps him get away from those guys and again, sometimes we just have to simplify things because we just can't get it all in.