diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e69de29..69f4e23 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+v2.1.0 - Mon, 28 Sep 2015 13:45:13 GMT
+--------------------------------------
+
+- [df40903](../../commit/df40903) [added] shallow rendering utils
+
+
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 83f14c1..b4728b3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ A simple jquery like api wrapper for the React TestUtils to make them a bit frie
 Updates for react 0.14, works with Stateless Components and you can scry and filter on DOM components
 as well.
 
+### Traditional DOM rendering
+
 ```js
 var $r = require('react-testutil-query')
 
@@ -55,5 +57,50 @@ $root.find(MyInput).dom() //returns an array of DOM nodes
 
 // -- events
 $root.find(MyInput).trigger('change', { target: { value: 6 }}) // triggers onChange for all of them
+```
+
+### Shallow rendering
+
+We can use an even more powerful selector syntax will shallow rendering
+
+```js
+var $ = require('react-testutil-query/shallow');
+
+let label = 'list item';
+
+let BasicList = props => <ul>{props.children}</ul>
+
+let DivList = ()=> (
+  <div>
+    <BasicList className='my-list'>
+      <li className='foo'>hi 1</li>
+      <li className='foo'>hi 2</li>
+      <li aria-label={label}>hi 3</li>
+    </BasicList>
+  </div>
+)
+
+
+let $root = $(<DivList);
+
+$root.find('.my-list > li.foo').length // 2
+
+$root.find('.my-list').children('.foo').length // 2
+
+$root.find('div li[aria-label="list item"]').length // 1
+
+// you can even use es6 template strings to write
+// selectors for your custom components
+$root.find($.s`${BasicList} > li.foo`).length // 2
+
+//or for prop values
+$root.find($.s`li[aria-label=${label}]`).length // 1
+
+$root.find(BasicList)
+  .children()
+  .filter(element => element.props.className === 'foo')
+  .length // 2
+
+$root.find(BasicList).is('.my-list').length // true
 
 ```
diff --git a/karma.conf.js b/karma.conf.js
index 8a4c3ab..04de6c5 100644
--- a/karma.conf.js
+++ b/karma.conf.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ module.exports = function (config) {
     reporters: ['mocha'],
 
     files: [
-      'test.js'
+      './test/*.js'
     ],
 
     port: 9876,
@@ -19,14 +19,13 @@ module.exports = function (config) {
 
     logLevel: config.LOG_INFO,
 
-    browsers: ['Chrome'], 
+    browsers: ['Chrome'],
 
     preprocessors: {
-      'test.js': ['webpack']
+      'test/*.js': ['webpack']
     },
 
     webpack: {
-      entry: './test.js',
       module: {
         loaders: [{ test: /\.js$/, loader: 'babel', exclude: /node_modules/ }]
       }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5c3f81b..5815e47 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "react-testutil-query",
-  "version": "2.0.0",
+  "version": "2.1.0",
   "description": "small wrapper around react test utils so I don't have to write long method names",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "scripts": {
@@ -49,10 +49,12 @@
     "webpack": "^1.12.2"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "bill": "^1.0.4",
     "dom-helpers": "^2.4.0",
     "react-addons-test-utils": "^0.14.0-rc1"
   },
   "release-script": {
-    "defaultDryRun": "false"
+    "defaultDryRun": "false",
+    "altPkgRootFolder": "lib"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/shallow.js b/src/shallow.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0888373
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shallow.js
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+import React, { cloneElement, isValidElement } from 'react';
+import TestUtils from 'react-addons-test-utils';
+import { match as _match, selector as s } from 'bill';
+
+let isRtq = item => item && item.__isRTQ
+
+rtq.s = rtq.selector = s;
+
+export default rtq;
+
+function match(selector, tree, includeSelf){
+  if (typeof selector === 'function')
+    selector = s`${selector}`
+
+  return _match(selector, tree, includeSelf)
+}
+
+function render(element){
+  let root = element;
+
+  if (!(typeof root.type === 'string' && root.type.toLowerCase() === root.type)){
+    let renderer = TestUtils.createRenderer()
+    renderer.render(element)
+    root = renderer.getRenderOutput();
+  }
+
+  return {
+    root,
+    setProps(props){
+      return render(cloneElement(element, props))
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function rtq(element) {
+  var context, rerender;
+
+  if (TestUtils.isElement(element)) {
+    let { root, setProps } = render(element)
+    element = context = root
+    rerender = setProps
+  }
+  else if (isRtq(element)) {
+    context = element.root
+    element = element.get();
+    //rerender = element._rerender
+  }
+
+  return new ShallowCollection(element, context, rerender)
+}
+
+class ShallowCollection {
+  constructor(elements, root, rerender){
+    elements = [].concat(elements).filter(el => isValidElement(el))
+
+    var idx = -1;
+
+    while( ++idx < elements.length)
+      this[idx] = elements[idx]
+
+    this._rerender = rerender
+    this.length = elements.length
+    this.root = root
+  }
+
+  setProps(props){
+    this._rerender && this._rerender(props)
+    return this
+  }
+
+  each(cb) {
+    var idx = -1, len = this.length;
+    while (++idx < len) cb(this[idx], idx, this)
+    return this
+  }
+
+  get() {
+    var result = []
+    this.each(el => result.push(el))
+    return result
+  }
+
+  reduce(cb, initial){
+    return new ShallowCollection(
+        [].reduce.call(this, cb, initial)
+      , this.root
+    )
+  }
+
+  map(cb) {
+    var result = []
+    this.each((v, i, l) => result.push(cb(v, i, l)))
+
+    return new ShallowCollection(result, this.root)
+  }
+
+  find(selector) {
+    return this.reduce((result, element) => {
+      return result.concat(match(selector, element))
+    }, [])
+  }
+
+  children(selector) {
+    return this
+      .reduce((result, element) => result.concat(element.props.children || []), [])
+      .filter(selector)
+  }
+
+  filter(selector) {
+    if (!selector)
+      return this
+
+    if (typeof selector === 'function')
+      return new ShallowCollection([].filter.call(this, selector), this.root)
+
+    let matches = match(selector, this.root);
+
+    return new ShallowCollection([].filter.call(this, el => {
+      return matches.indexOf(el) !== -1
+    }), this.root)
+  }
+
+  is(selector) {
+    return this.filter(selector).length === this.length
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test.js b/test/dom.js
similarity index 99%
rename from test.js
rename to test/dom.js
index 120dced..7e63779 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test/dom.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { unmountComponentAtNode, render } from 'react-dom';
-import $ from './src/index';
+import $ from '../src/index';
 
 chai.use(require('sinon-chai'))
 
diff --git a/test/shallow.js b/test/shallow.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1752fb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/shallow.js
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+import React, { cloneElement } from 'react';
+import $ from '../src/shallow';
+import { selector as sel } from 'bill';
+
+chai.use(require('sinon-chai'))
+
+describe('Shallow rendering', ()=> {
+  let Stateless = props => <div onClick={props.onClick}>{props.children}</div>
+  let List = class extends React.Component {
+    render(){
+      return (
+        <div onClick={this.props.onClick}>
+          <Stateless onClick={this.props.onClick}>
+            <span className='stateless-inner' onClick={this.props.onClick}/>
+          </Stateless>
+          <ul onClick={this.props.onClick}>
+            <li className='item' onClick={this.props.onClick}>hi 1</li>
+            <li onClick={this.props.onClick}>hi 2</li>
+            <li>hi 3</li>
+          </ul>
+        </div>
+      )
+    }
+  }
+
+  it('create rtq object', ()=>{
+    let instance = $(<div/>)
+
+    instance.root.type.should.equal('div')
+    instance.length.should.equal(1)
+  })
+
+  it('should not try to render primitives', ()=>{
+    let el = <div/>
+      , instance = $(el)
+
+    instance.root.should.equal(el)
+  })
+
+  it('should render Composite Components', ()=>{
+    let el = <div/>
+      , Element = ()=> el
+      , instance = $(<Element/>)
+
+    instance.root.should.equal(el)
+  })
+
+  it('should filter out invalid Elements', ()=>{
+    let instance = $(
+        <ul>
+          { false }
+          { null}
+          {'text'}
+          <li>hi 1</li>
+          <li>hi 2</li>
+          <li>hi 3</li>
+        </ul>
+      )
+
+    instance.children().length.should.equal(3)
+  })
+
+  describe('querying', ()=> {
+    let FancyList = props => <ul className='fancy-list'>{props.children}</ul>
+    let List = ()=> (
+      <div>
+        <FancyList>
+          <li className='foo'>hi 1</li>
+          <li className='foo'>hi 2</li>
+          <li>hi 3</li>
+        </FancyList>
+      </div>
+    )
+
+    it('should: find()', ()=>{
+      $(<List/>).find('li').length.should.equal(3)
+    })
+
+    it('should: children()', ()=> {
+      $(<List/>).find(FancyList).children().length.should.equal(3)
+
+      $(<List/>).find(FancyList).children('.foo').length.should.equal(2)
+    })
+
+    it('should: filter()', ()=>{
+      let items = $(<List/>).find('li')
+
+      items.length.should.equal(3)
+      items.filter('.foo').length.should.equal(2)
+
+      items.filter((el, idx) => idx === 0).length.should.equal(1)
+    })
+
+    it('an empty filter should be a noop', ()=>{
+      let instance = $(<List/>)
+      instance.filter().should.equal(instance)
+    })
+
+    it('should: is()', ()=>{
+      $(<List/>).find('.foo')
+        .is('li').should.equal(true)
+
+      $(<List/>).find('.foo')
+        .is(sel`${FancyList} > li`).should.equal(true)
+
+      $(<List/>).find(FancyList)
+        .is('div').should.equal(false)
+    })
+  })
+})