diff --git a/python/selfie-lib/selfie_lib/ConvertToWindowsNewlines.py b/python/selfie-lib/selfie_lib/ConvertToWindowsNewlines.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5718a2b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/selfie-lib/selfie_lib/ConvertToWindowsNewlines.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+class ConvertToWindowsNewlines:
+    def __init__(self, sink):
+        self.sink = sink
+
+    def append(self, value, start_index=None, end_index=None):
+        # If value is a single character
+        if isinstance(value, str) and len(value) == 1:
+            if value != "\n":
+                self.sink.write(value)
+            else:
+                self.sink.write("\r\n")
+        # If value is a CharSequence (in Python, a str)
+        elif isinstance(value, str):
+            # If start_index and end_index are provided, use the slice of the string
+            if start_index is not None and end_index is not None:
+                value_to_append = value[start_index:end_index]
+            else:
+                value_to_append = value
+            self.sink.write(value_to_append.replace("\n", "\r\n"))
+        return self
diff --git a/python/selfie-lib/selfie_lib/Snapshot.py b/python/selfie-lib/selfie_lib/Snapshot.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9d22057a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/selfie-lib/selfie_lib/Snapshot.py
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+from .SnapshotValue import SnapshotValue
+from collections import OrderedDict
+
+
+class Snapshot:
+    def __init__(self, subject, facet_data):
+        self._subject = subject
+        self._facet_data = facet_data
+
+    @property
+    def facets(self):
+        return OrderedDict(sorted(self._facet_data.items()))
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        if not isinstance(other, Snapshot):
+            return NotImplemented
+        return self._subject == other._subject and self._facet_data == other._facet_data
+
+    def __hash__(self):
+        return hash((self._subject, frozenset(self._facet_data.items())))
+
+    def plus_facet(self, key, value):
+        if isinstance(value, bytes):
+            value = SnapshotValue.of(value)
+        elif isinstance(value, str):
+            value = SnapshotValue.of(value)
+        return self._plus_facet(key, value)
+
+    def _plus_facet(self, key, value):
+        if not key:
+            raise ValueError("The empty string is reserved for the subject.")
+        facet_data = dict(self._facet_data)
+        facet_data[self._unix_newlines(key)] = value
+        return Snapshot(self._subject, facet_data)
+
+    def plus_or_replace(self, key, value):
+        if not key:
+            return Snapshot(value, self._facet_data)
+        facet_data = dict(self._facet_data)
+        facet_data[self._unix_newlines(key)] = value
+        return Snapshot(self._subject, facet_data)
+
+    def subject_or_facet_maybe(self, key):
+        if not key:
+            return self._subject
+        return self._facet_data.get(key)
+
+    def subject_or_facet(self, key):
+        value = self.subject_or_facet_maybe(key)
+        if value is None:
+            raise KeyError(f"'{key}' not found in {list(self._facet_data.keys())}")
+        return value
+
+    def all_entries(self):
+        entries = [("", self._subject)]
+        entries.extend(self._facet_data.items())
+        return entries
+
+    def __bytes__(self):
+        return f"[{self._subject} {self._facet_data}]"
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def of(data):
+        if isinstance(data, bytes):
+            # Handling binary data
+            return Snapshot(SnapshotValue.of(data), {})
+        elif isinstance(data, str):
+            # Handling string data
+            return Snapshot(SnapshotValue.of(data), {})
+        elif isinstance(data, SnapshotValue):
+            return Snapshot(data, {})
+        else:
+            raise TypeError("Data must be either binary or string" + data)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def of_entries(entries):
+        subject = None
+        facet_data = {}
+        for key, value in entries:
+            if not key:
+                if subject is not None:
+                    raise ValueError(
+                        f"Duplicate root snapshot.\n first: {subject}\nsecond: {value}"
+                    )
+                subject = value
+            else:
+                facet_data[key] = value
+        if subject is None:
+            subject = SnapshotValue.of("")
+        return Snapshot(subject, facet_data)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _unix_newlines(string):
+        return string.replace("\\r\\n", "\\n")
diff --git a/python/selfie-lib/selfie_lib/SnapshotReader.py b/python/selfie-lib/selfie_lib/SnapshotReader.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4271dac0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/selfie-lib/selfie_lib/SnapshotReader.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+from .Snapshot import Snapshot
+
+
+class SnapshotReader:
+    def __init__(self, value_reader):
+        self.value_reader = value_reader
+
+    def peek_key(self):
+        next_key = self.value_reader.peek_key()
+        if next_key is None or next_key == "[end of file]":
+            return None
+        if "[" in next_key:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Missing root snapshot, square brackets not allowed: '{next_key}'"
+            )
+        return next_key
+
+    def next_snapshot(self):
+        root_name = self.peek_key()
+        snapshot = Snapshot.of(self.value_reader.next_value())
+        while True:
+            next_key = self.value_reader.peek_key()
+            if next_key is None:
+                return snapshot
+            facet_idx = next_key.find("[")
+            if facet_idx == -1 or (facet_idx == 0 and next_key == "[end of file]"):
+                return snapshot
+            facet_root = next_key[:facet_idx]
+            if facet_root != root_name:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"Expected '{next_key}' to come after '{facet_root}', not '{root_name}'"
+                )
+            facet_end_idx = next_key.find("]", facet_idx + 1)
+            if facet_end_idx == -1:
+                raise ValueError(f"Missing ] in {next_key}")
+            facet_name = next_key[facet_idx + 1 : facet_end_idx]
+            snapshot = snapshot.plus_facet(facet_name, self.value_reader.next_value())
+
+    def skip_snapshot(self):
+        root_name = self.peek_key()
+        if root_name is None:
+            raise ValueError("No snapshot to skip")
+        self.value_reader.skip_value()
+        while True:
+            next_key = self.peek_key()
+            if next_key is None or not next_key.startswith(f"{root_name}["):
+                break
+            self.value_reader.skip_value()
diff --git a/python/selfie-lib/selfie_lib/SnapshotValue.py b/python/selfie-lib/selfie_lib/SnapshotValue.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..95f72df7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/selfie-lib/selfie_lib/SnapshotValue.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+
+
+def unix_newlines(string: str) -> str:
+    return string.replace("\r\n", "\n")
+
+
+class SnapshotValue(ABC):
+    @property
+    def is_binary(self) -> bool:
+        return isinstance(self, SnapshotValueBinary)
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def value_binary(self) -> bytes:
+        pass
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def value_string(self) -> str:
+        pass
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def of(data):
+        if isinstance(data, bytes):
+            return SnapshotValueBinary(data)
+        elif isinstance(data, str):
+            return SnapshotValueString(data)
+        elif isinstance(data, SnapshotValue):
+            return data
+        else:
+            raise TypeError("Unsupported type for Snapshot creation")
+
+
+class SnapshotValueBinary(SnapshotValue):
+    def __init__(self, value: bytes):
+        self._value = value
+
+    def value_binary(self) -> bytes:
+        return self._value
+
+    def value_string(self) -> str:
+        raise NotImplementedError("This is a binary value.")
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        if isinstance(other, SnapshotValueBinary):
+            return self.value_binary() == other.value_binary()
+        return False
+
+    def __hash__(self):
+        return hash(self._value)
+
+
+class SnapshotValueString(SnapshotValue):
+    def __init__(self, value: str):
+        self._value = value
+
+    def value_binary(self) -> bytes:
+        raise NotImplementedError("This is a string value.")
+
+    def value_string(self) -> str:
+        return self._value
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        if isinstance(other, SnapshotValueString):
+            return self.value_string() == other.value_string()
+        return False
+
+    def __hash__(self):
+        return hash(self._value)
diff --git a/python/selfie-lib/selfie_lib/SnapshotValueReader.py b/python/selfie-lib/selfie_lib/SnapshotValueReader.py
index 11d1735e..4f937619 100644
--- a/python/selfie-lib/selfie_lib/SnapshotValueReader.py
+++ b/python/selfie-lib/selfie_lib/SnapshotValueReader.py
@@ -1,61 +1,14 @@
 import base64
-
-from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
-from typing import Union
 from .PerCharacterEscaper import PerCharacterEscaper
 from .ParseException import ParseException
 from .LineReader import LineReader
+from .SnapshotValue import SnapshotValue
 
 
 def unix_newlines(string: str) -> str:
     return string.replace("\r\n", "\n")
 
 
-class SnapshotValue(ABC):
-    @property
-    def is_binary(self) -> bool:
-        return isinstance(self, SnapshotValueBinary)
-
-    @abstractmethod
-    def value_binary(self) -> bytes:
-        pass
-
-    @abstractmethod
-    def value_string(self) -> str:
-        pass
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def of(value: Union[bytes, str]) -> "SnapshotValue":
-        if isinstance(value, bytes):
-            return SnapshotValueBinary(value)
-        elif isinstance(value, str):
-            return SnapshotValueString(unix_newlines(value))
-        else:
-            raise TypeError("Value must be either bytes or str")
-
-
-class SnapshotValueBinary(SnapshotValue):
-    def __init__(self, value: bytes):
-        self._value = value
-
-    def value_binary(self) -> bytes:
-        return self._value
-
-    def value_string(self) -> str:
-        raise NotImplementedError("This is a binary value.")
-
-
-class SnapshotValueString(SnapshotValue):
-    def __init__(self, value: str):
-        self._value = value
-
-    def value_binary(self) -> bytes:
-        raise NotImplementedError("This is a string value.")
-
-    def value_string(self) -> str:
-        return self._value
-
-
 class SnapshotValueReader:
     KEY_FIRST_CHAR = "╔"
     KEY_START = "╔═ "
diff --git a/python/selfie-lib/selfie_lib/__init__.py b/python/selfie-lib/selfie_lib/__init__.py
index 87b47f7a..3204174f 100644
--- a/python/selfie-lib/selfie_lib/__init__.py
+++ b/python/selfie-lib/selfie_lib/__init__.py
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@
 from .PerCharacterEscaper import PerCharacterEscaper as PerCharacterEscaper
 from .SnapshotValueReader import SnapshotValueReader as SnapshotValueReader
 from .ParseException import ParseException as ParseException
+from .SnapshotReader import SnapshotReader as SnapshotReader
+from .Snapshot import Snapshot as Snapshot
+from .SnapshotValue import SnapshotValue as SnapshotValue
diff --git a/python/selfie-lib/tests/SnapshotReader_test.py b/python/selfie-lib/tests/SnapshotReader_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..236c6a2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/selfie-lib/tests/SnapshotReader_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+from base64 import b64decode
+from selfie_lib import SnapshotValueReader, Snapshot, SnapshotReader
+
+
+class TestSnapshotReader:
+    def test_facet(self):
+        reader = SnapshotReader(
+            SnapshotValueReader.of(
+                """
+╔═ Apple ═╗
+Apple
+╔═ Apple[color] ═╗
+green
+╔═ Apple[crisp] ═╗
+yes
+╔═ Orange ═╗
+Orange
+""".strip()
+            )
+        )
+        assert reader.peek_key() == "Apple"
+        assert reader.peek_key() == "Apple"
+        apple_snapshot = (
+            Snapshot.of("Apple").plus_facet("color", "green").plus_facet("crisp", "yes")
+        )
+        assert reader.next_snapshot() == apple_snapshot
+        assert reader.peek_key() == "Orange"
+        assert reader.peek_key() == "Orange"
+        assert reader.next_snapshot() == Snapshot.of("Orange")
+        assert reader.peek_key() is None
+
+    def test_binary(self):
+        reader = SnapshotReader(
+            SnapshotValueReader.of(
+                """
+╔═ Apple ═╗
+Apple
+╔═ Apple[color] ═╗ base64 length 3 bytes
+c2Fk
+╔═ Apple[crisp] ═╗
+yes
+╔═ Orange ═╗ base64 length 3 bytes
+c2Fk
+""".strip()
+            )
+        )
+        assert reader.peek_key() == "Apple"
+        assert reader.peek_key() == "Apple"
+        apple_snapshot = (
+            Snapshot.of("Apple")
+            .plus_facet("color", b64decode("c2Fk"))
+            .plus_facet("crisp", "yes")
+        )
+        assert reader.next_snapshot() == apple_snapshot
+        assert reader.peek_key() == "Orange"
+        assert reader.peek_key() == "Orange"
+        assert reader.next_snapshot() == Snapshot.of(b64decode("c2Fk"))
+        assert reader.peek_key() is None