diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/csv.pyx b/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/csv.pyx
index c706351a683..9fecff5f5f6 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/csv.pyx
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/csv.pyx
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ def read_csv(
                     col_name = df._data.names[index]
                     df._data[col_name] = df._data[col_name].astype(col_dtype)
 
-    if names is not None and isinstance(names[0], (int)):
+    if names is not None and len(names) and isinstance(names[0], (int)):
         df.columns = [int(x) for x in df._data]
 
     # Set index if the index_col parameter is passed
diff --git a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/expr.py b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/expr.py
index 93cb9db7cbd..f83d9e82d30 100644
--- a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/expr.py
+++ b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/expr.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Mapping, Sequence
 
-    import polars.polars as plrs
+    import polars as pl
     import polars.type_aliases as pl_types
 
     from cudf_polars.containers import DataFrame
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ class LiteralColumn(Expr):
     value: pa.Array[Any, Any]
     children: tuple[()]
 
-    def __init__(self, dtype: plc.DataType, value: plrs.PySeries) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, dtype: plc.DataType, value: pl.Series) -> None:
         super().__init__(dtype)
         data = value.to_arrow()
         self.value = data.cast(dtypes.downcast_arrow_lists(data.type))
diff --git a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/ir.py b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/ir.py
index 6b552642e88..b32fa9c273e 100644
--- a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/ir.py
+++ b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/ir.py
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
 
 import dataclasses
 import itertools
-import json
 import types
 from functools import cache
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, ClassVar
 
 import pyarrow as pa
@@ -185,8 +185,10 @@ class Scan(IR):
 
     typ: str
     """What type of file are we reading? Parquet, CSV, etc..."""
-    options: tuple[Any, ...]
-    """Type specific options, as json-encoded strings."""
+    reader_options: dict[str, Any]
+    """Reader-specific options, as dictionary."""
+    cloud_options: dict[str, Any] | None
+    """Cloud-related authentication options, currently ignored."""
     paths: list[str]
     """List of paths to read from."""
     file_options: Any
@@ -206,9 +208,33 @@ def __post_init__(self) -> None:
         if self.file_options.n_rows is not None:
             raise NotImplementedError("row limit in scan")
         if self.typ not in ("csv", "parquet"):
+            raise NotImplementedError(f"Unhandled scan type: {self.typ}")
+        if self.cloud_options is not None and any(
+            self.cloud_options[k] is not None for k in ("aws", "azure", "gcp")
+        ):
             raise NotImplementedError(
-                f"Unhandled scan type: {self.typ}"
-            )  # pragma: no cover; polars raises on the rust side for now
+                "Read from cloud storage"
+            )  # pragma: no cover; no test yet
+        if self.typ == "csv":
+            if self.reader_options["skip_rows_after_header"] != 0:
+                raise NotImplementedError("Skipping rows after header in CSV reader")
+            parse_options = self.reader_options["parse_options"]
+            if (
+                null_values := parse_options["null_values"]
+            ) is not None and "Named" in null_values:
+                raise NotImplementedError(
+                    "Per column null value specification not supported for CSV reader"
+                )
+            if (
+                comment := parse_options["comment_prefix"]
+            ) is not None and "Multi" in comment:
+                raise NotImplementedError(
+                    "Multi-character comment prefix not supported for CSV reader"
+                )
+            if not self.reader_options["has_header"]:
+                # Need to do some file introspection to get the number
+                # of columns so that column projection works right.
+                raise NotImplementedError("Reading CSV without header")
 
     def evaluate(self, *, cache: MutableMapping[int, DataFrame]) -> DataFrame:
         """Evaluate and return a dataframe."""
@@ -216,14 +242,70 @@ def evaluate(self, *, cache: MutableMapping[int, DataFrame]) -> DataFrame:
         with_columns = options.with_columns
         row_index = options.row_index
         if self.typ == "csv":
-            opts, cloud_opts = map(json.loads, self.options)
-            df = DataFrame.from_cudf(
-                cudf.concat(
-                    [cudf.read_csv(p, usecols=with_columns) for p in self.paths]
+            dtype_map = {
+                name: cudf._lib.types.PYLIBCUDF_TO_SUPPORTED_NUMPY_TYPES[typ.id()]
+                for name, typ in self.schema.items()
+            }
+            parse_options = self.reader_options["parse_options"]
+            sep = chr(parse_options["separator"])
+            quote = chr(parse_options["quote_char"])
+            eol = chr(parse_options["eol_char"])
+            if self.reader_options["schema"] is not None:
+                # Reader schema provides names
+                column_names = list(self.reader_options["schema"]["inner"].keys())
+            else:
+                # file provides column names
+                column_names = None
+            usecols = with_columns
+            # TODO: support has_header=False
+            header = 0
+
+            # polars defaults to no null recognition
+            null_values = [""]
+            if parse_options["null_values"] is not None:
+                ((typ, nulls),) = parse_options["null_values"].items()
+                if typ == "AllColumnsSingle":
+                    # Single value
+                    null_values.append(nulls)
+                else:
+                    # List of values
+                    null_values.extend(nulls)
+            if parse_options["comment_prefix"] is not None:
+                comment = chr(parse_options["comment_prefix"]["Single"])
+            else:
+                comment = None
+            decimal = "," if parse_options["decimal_comma"] else "."
+
+            # polars skips blank lines at the beginning of the file
+            pieces = []
+            for p in self.paths:
+                skiprows = self.reader_options["skip_rows"]
+                # TODO: read_csv expands globs which we should not do,
+                # because polars will already have handled them.
+                path = Path(p)
+                with path.open() as f:
+                    while f.readline() == "\n":
+                        skiprows += 1
+                pieces.append(
+                    cudf.read_csv(
+                        path,
+                        sep=sep,
+                        quotechar=quote,
+                        lineterminator=eol,
+                        names=column_names,
+                        header=header,
+                        usecols=usecols,
+                        na_filter=True,
+                        na_values=null_values,
+                        keep_default_na=False,
+                        skiprows=skiprows,
+                        comment=comment,
+                        decimal=decimal,
+                        dtype=dtype_map,
+                    )
                 )
-            )
+            df = DataFrame.from_cudf(cudf.concat(pieces))
         elif self.typ == "parquet":
-            opts, cloud_opts = map(json.loads, self.options)
             cdf = cudf.read_parquet(self.paths, columns=with_columns)
             assert isinstance(cdf, cudf.DataFrame)
             df = DataFrame.from_cudf(cdf)
diff --git a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/translate.py b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/translate.py
index 5a1e682abe7..dec45679c75 100644
--- a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/translate.py
+++ b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/translate.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import json
 from contextlib import AbstractContextManager, nullcontext
 from functools import singledispatch
 from typing import Any
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@
 import pyarrow as pa
 from typing_extensions import assert_never
 
+import polars as pl
 import polars.polars as plrs
 from polars.polars import _expr_nodes as pl_expr, _ir_nodes as pl_ir
 
@@ -88,10 +90,16 @@ def _(
     node: pl_ir.Scan, visitor: NodeTraverser, schema: dict[str, plc.DataType]
 ) -> ir.IR:
     typ, *options = node.scan_type
+    if typ == "ndjson":
+        (reader_options,) = map(json.loads, options)
+        cloud_options = None
+    else:
+        reader_options, cloud_options = map(json.loads, options)
     return ir.Scan(
         schema,
         typ,
-        tuple(options),
+        reader_options,
+        cloud_options,
         node.paths,
         node.file_options,
         translate_named_expr(visitor, n=node.predicate)
@@ -402,7 +410,7 @@ def _(node: pl_expr.Window, visitor: NodeTraverser, dtype: plc.DataType) -> expr
 @_translate_expr.register
 def _(node: pl_expr.Literal, visitor: NodeTraverser, dtype: plc.DataType) -> expr.Expr:
     if isinstance(node.value, plrs.PySeries):
-        return expr.LiteralColumn(dtype, node.value)
+        return expr.LiteralColumn(dtype, pl.Series._from_pyseries(node.value))
     value = pa.scalar(node.value, type=plc.interop.to_arrow(dtype))
     return expr.Literal(dtype, value)
 
diff --git a/python/cudf_polars/tests/test_scan.py b/python/cudf_polars/tests/test_scan.py
index f129cc7ca32..c41a94da14b 100644
--- a/python/cudf_polars/tests/test_scan.py
+++ b/python/cudf_polars/tests/test_scan.py
@@ -22,22 +22,22 @@ def row_index(request):
 
 @pytest.fixture(
     params=[
-        (None, 0),
+        None,
         pytest.param(
-            (2, 1), marks=pytest.mark.xfail(reason="No handling of row limit in scan")
+            2, marks=pytest.mark.xfail(reason="No handling of row limit in scan")
         ),
         pytest.param(
-            (3, 0), marks=pytest.mark.xfail(reason="No handling of row limit in scan")
+            3, marks=pytest.mark.xfail(reason="No handling of row limit in scan")
         ),
     ],
     ids=["all-rows", "n_rows-with-skip", "n_rows-no-skip"],
 )
-def n_rows_skip_rows(request):
+def n_rows(request):
     return request.param
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(params=["csv", "parquet"])
-def df(request, tmp_path, row_index, n_rows_skip_rows):
+def df(request, tmp_path, row_index, n_rows):
     df = pl.DataFrame(
         {
             "a": [1, 2, 3, None],
@@ -46,14 +46,12 @@ def df(request, tmp_path, row_index, n_rows_skip_rows):
         }
     )
     name, offset = row_index
-    n_rows, skip_rows = n_rows_skip_rows
     if request.param == "csv":
         df.write_csv(tmp_path / "file.csv")
         return pl.scan_csv(
             tmp_path / "file.csv",
             row_index_name=name,
             row_index_offset=offset,
-            skip_rows_after_header=skip_rows,
             n_rows=n_rows,
         )
     else:
@@ -97,3 +95,98 @@ def test_scan_unsupported_raises(tmp_path):
     df.write_ndjson(tmp_path / "df.json")
     q = pl.scan_ndjson(tmp_path / "df.json")
     assert_ir_translation_raises(q, NotImplementedError)
+
+
+def test_scan_row_index_projected_out(tmp_path):
+    df = pl.DataFrame({"a": [1, 2, 3]})
+
+    df.write_parquet(tmp_path / "df.pq")
+
+    q = pl.scan_parquet(tmp_path / "df.pq").with_row_index().select(pl.col("a"))
+
+    assert_gpu_result_equal(q)
+
+
+def test_scan_csv_column_renames_projection_schema(tmp_path):
+    with (tmp_path / "test.csv").open("w") as f:
+        f.write("""foo,bar,baz\n1,2\n3,4,5""")
+
+    q = pl.scan_csv(
+        tmp_path / "test.csv",
+        with_column_names=lambda names: [f"{n}_suffix" for n in names],
+        schema_overrides={
+            "foo_suffix": pl.String(),
+            "bar_suffix": pl.Int8(),
+            "baz_suffix": pl.UInt16(),
+        },
+    )
+
+    assert_gpu_result_equal(q)
+
+
+def test_scan_csv_skip_after_header_not_implemented(tmp_path):
+    with (tmp_path / "test.csv").open("w") as f:
+        f.write("""foo,bar,baz\n1,2,3\n3,4,5""")
+
+    q = pl.scan_csv(tmp_path / "test.csv", skip_rows_after_header=1)
+
+    assert_ir_translation_raises(q, NotImplementedError)
+
+
+def test_scan_csv_null_values_per_column_not_implemented(tmp_path):
+    with (tmp_path / "test.csv").open("w") as f:
+        f.write("""foo,bar,baz\n1,2,3\n3,4,5""")
+
+    q = pl.scan_csv(tmp_path / "test.csv", null_values={"foo": "1", "baz": "5"})
+
+    assert_ir_translation_raises(q, NotImplementedError)
+
+
+def test_scan_csv_comment_str_not_implemented(tmp_path):
+    with (tmp_path / "test.csv").open("w") as f:
+        f.write("""foo,bar,baz\n// 1,2,3\n3,4,5""")
+
+    q = pl.scan_csv(tmp_path / "test.csv", comment_prefix="// ")
+
+    assert_ir_translation_raises(q, NotImplementedError)
+
+
+def test_scan_csv_comment_char(tmp_path):
+    with (tmp_path / "test.csv").open("w") as f:
+        f.write("""foo,bar,baz\n# 1,2,3\n3,4,5""")
+
+    q = pl.scan_csv(tmp_path / "test.csv", comment_prefix="#")
+
+    assert_gpu_result_equal(q)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("nulls", [None, "3", ["3", "5"]])
+def test_scan_csv_null_values(tmp_path, nulls):
+    with (tmp_path / "test.csv").open("w") as f:
+        f.write("""foo,bar,baz\n1,2,3\n3,4,5\n5,,2""")
+
+    q = pl.scan_csv(tmp_path / "test.csv", null_values=nulls)
+
+    assert_gpu_result_equal(q)
+
+
+def test_scan_csv_decimal_comma(tmp_path):
+    with (tmp_path / "test.csv").open("w") as f:
+        f.write("""foo|bar|baz\n1,23|2,34|3,56\n1""")
+
+    q = pl.scan_csv(tmp_path / "test.csv", separator="|", decimal_comma=True)
+
+    assert_gpu_result_equal(q)
+
+
+def test_scan_csv_skip_initial_empty_rows(tmp_path):
+    with (tmp_path / "test.csv").open("w") as f:
+        f.write("""\n\n\n\nfoo|bar|baz\n1|2|3\n1""")
+
+    q = pl.scan_csv(tmp_path / "test.csv", separator="|", skip_rows=1, has_header=False)
+
+    assert_ir_translation_raises(q, NotImplementedError)
+
+    q = pl.scan_csv(tmp_path / "test.csv", separator="|", skip_rows=1)
+
+    assert_gpu_result_equal(q)