Jenny and the Cat Club: A Collection of Favorite Stories about Jenny Linsky

Esther Averill. New York Review of Books, $16.95 (176pp) ISBN 978-1-59017-047-2

Compiling five favorite tales from Esther Averill's Cat Club series, first published between 1944 and 1953, Jenny and the Cat Club chronicles the feline heroine, Jenny Linsky, as she romps around Greenwich Village with her troupe of felicitous furry friends. Averill's illustrations should be as endearing to new readers as to those who enjoyed them during their first release.

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