diff --git a/attr.go b/attr.go
index cb2a599..5ea7b0b 100644
--- a/attr.go
+++ b/attr.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package dom
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"strings"
 
 	"golang.org/x/net/html"
@@ -48,3 +49,20 @@ func HasClass(node *html.Node, expectedClass string) bool {
 	}
 	return false
 }
+
+// - - - - //
+
+func collectText(n *html.Node, buf *bytes.Buffer) {
+	if n.Type == html.TextNode {
+		buf.WriteString(n.Data)
+	}
+	for c := n.FirstChild; c != nil; c = c.NextSibling {
+		collectText(c, buf)
+	}
+}
+
+func CollectText(node *html.Node) string {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	collectText(node, &buf)
+	return buf.String()
+}
diff --git a/attr_test.go b/attr_test.go
index b10993f..3af7d86 100644
--- a/attr_test.go
+++ b/attr_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package dom
 
 import (
 	"reflect"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"golang.org/x/net/html"
@@ -144,3 +145,25 @@ func TestHasClass(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("expected different output")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestCollectText(t *testing.T) {
+	input := `
+	<h2 class="article__title">Hello <span>world</span></h2>
+	<p>Some description</p>
+	`
+
+	doc, err := html.Parse(strings.NewReader(input))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	heading := FindFirstNode(doc, func(node *html.Node) bool {
+		return HasClass(node, "article__title")
+	})
+
+	expected := "Hello world"
+	output := CollectText(heading)
+	if output != expected {
+		t.Errorf("expected %q but got %q", expected, output)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/examples/selectors/main.go b/examples/selectors/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7992751
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/selectors/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/JohannesKaufmann/dom"
+	"golang.org/x/net/html"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	input := `
+<h1>Github</h1>
+
+<div>
+	<h2 class="repo__name">JohannesKaufmann/dom</h2>
+
+	<nav>
+		<h3>Code</h3>
+		<h3>Issues</h3>
+	</nav>
+</div>
+	`
+
+	doc, err := html.Parse(strings.NewReader(input))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// - - - //
+
+	headingNodes := dom.FindAllNodes(doc, func(node *html.Node) bool {
+		name := dom.NodeName(node)
+		return dom.NameIsHeading(name)
+	})
+
+	nameNode := dom.FindFirstNode(doc, func(node *html.Node) bool {
+		return dom.HasClass(node, "repo__name")
+	})
+	repoName := dom.CollectText(nameNode)
+
+	fmt.Printf("count:%d name:%q\n", len(headingNodes), repoName)
+	// count:4 name:"JohannesKaufmann/dom"
+}