diff --git a/resourcespoet/src/main/java/com/commit451/resourcespoet/ResourcesPoet.java b/resourcespoet/src/main/java/com/commit451/resourcespoet/ResourcesPoet.java
index b70b3aa..c9108da 100644
--- a/resourcespoet/src/main/java/com/commit451/resourcespoet/ResourcesPoet.java
+++ b/resourcespoet/src/main/java/com/commit451/resourcespoet/ResourcesPoet.java
@@ -447,6 +447,26 @@ public ResourcesPoet remove(@NotNull Type type, @NotNull String name) {
         return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the value of the current resource of this type and name
+     * @param type the type
+     * @param name the name
+     * @return the value or null if it does not exist
+     */
+    @Nullable
+    public String value(@NotNull Type type, @NotNull String name) {
+        NodeList nodeList = resourceElement.getElementsByTagName(type.toString());
+        for (int i=0; i<nodeList.getLength(); i++) {
+            Node node = nodeList.item(i);
+            if (node instanceof  Element && name.equals(((Element)node).getAttribute("name"))) {
+                //For some reason, this will remove the element and leave a line break in its place
+                //Somewhat unfortunate but I do not think there is much we could do about it
+                return nodeList.item(i).getTextContent();
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Specify if you want the output to be indented or not
      *
diff --git a/resourcespoet/src/test/java/com/commit451/resourcespoet/ValueTest.java b/resourcespoet/src/test/java/com/commit451/resourcespoet/ValueTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc106a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resourcespoet/src/test/java/com/commit451/resourcespoet/ValueTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package com.commit451.resourcespoet;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+/**
+ * Tests reading a value
+ */
+public class ValueTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void valueTest() throws Exception {
+        ClassLoader classLoader = getClass().getClassLoader();
+        File file = new File(classLoader.getResource("bool.xml").getFile());
+        ResourcesPoet poet = ResourcesPoet.create(file);
+        String value = poet.value(Type.BOOL, "is_cool");
+        Assert.assertEquals("true", value);
+    }
+}