diff --git a/.eslintrc.json b/.eslintrc.json
index 8e481e9..7ff2925 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/.eslintrc.json
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     "no-var": "error",
     "object-curly-spacing": ["error", "always"],
     "prefer-const": "error",
-    "prefer-destructuring": ["error", {"object": true, "array": false}],
+    "prefer-destructuring": ["warn", {"object": true, "array": false}],
     "prefer-promise-reject-errors": "error",
     "require-await": "error",
     "quotes": ["error", "single"],
diff --git a/src/datapage.js b/src/datapage.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d0d38c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/datapage.js
@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+import { readData, readPlain, readRleBitPackedHybrid, widthFromMaxInt } from './encoding.js'
+import { getMaxDefinitionLevel, getMaxRepetitionLevel, isRequired, skipDefinitionBytes } from './schema.js'
+import { Encoding, ParquetType } from './types.js'
+
+const skipNulls = false // TODO
+
+/**
+ * @typedef {{ definitionLevels: number[] | undefined, repetitionLevels: number[], value: ArrayLike<any> }} DataPage
+ * @typedef {import("./types.d.ts").ColumnMetaData} ColumnMetaData
+ * @typedef {import("./types.d.ts").DataPageHeader} DataPageHeader
+ * @typedef {import("./types.d.ts").DictionaryPageHeader} DictionaryPageHeader
+ * @typedef {import("./types.d.ts").SchemaElement} SchemaElement
+ */
+/**
+ * @typedef {import("./types.d.ts").Decoded<T>} Decoded
+ * @template T
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Read a data page from the given Uint8Array.
+ *
+ * @param {Uint8Array} bytes raw page data (should already be decompressed)
+ * @param {DataPageHeader} daph data page header
+ * @param {SchemaElement[]} schema schema for the file
+ * @param {ColumnMetaData} columnMetadata metadata for the column
+ * @returns {DataPage} array of values
+ */
+export function readDataPage(bytes, daph, schema, columnMetadata) {
+  const dataView = new DataView(bytes.buffer, bytes.byteOffset, bytes.byteLength)
+  let offset = 0
+  /** @type {ArrayLike<any>} */
+  let values = []
+
+  // repetition levels
+  const { value: repetitionLevels, byteLength } = readRepetitionLevels(dataView, offset, daph, schema, columnMetadata)
+  offset += byteLength
+
+  // definition levels
+  let definitionLevels = undefined
+  let numNulls = 0
+  // let maxDefinitionLevel = -1
+  if (skipNulls && !isRequired(schema, columnMetadata.path_in_schema)) {
+    // skip_definition_bytes
+    offset += skipDefinitionBytes(daph.num_values)
+  } else {
+    const dl = readDefinitionLevels(dataView, offset, daph, schema, columnMetadata)
+    definitionLevels = dl.definitionLevels
+    numNulls = dl.numNulls
+    offset += dl.byteLength
+  }
+
+  // read values based on encoding
+  const nval = daph.num_values - numNulls
+  if (daph.encoding === Encoding.PLAIN) {
+    const plainObj = readPlain(dataView, columnMetadata.type, daph.num_values - numNulls, offset)
+    values = plainObj.value
+    offset += plainObj.byteLength
+  } else if (daph.encoding === Encoding.RLE_DICTIONARY) {
+    // bit width is stored as single byte
+    let bitWidth
+    // TODO: RLE encoding uses bitWidth = schemaElement.type_length
+    if (columnMetadata.type === ParquetType.BOOLEAN) {
+      bitWidth = 1
+    } else {
+      bitWidth = dataView.getUint8(offset)
+      offset += 1
+    }
+    if (bitWidth) {
+      const { value, byteLength } = readRleBitPackedHybrid(dataView, offset, bitWidth, dataView.byteLength - offset, daph.num_values - numNulls)
+      offset += byteLength
+      values = value
+    } else {
+      // nval zeros
+      values = new Array(nval).fill(0)
+    }
+  } else {
+    throw new Error(`parquet unsupported encoding: ${daph.encoding}`)
+  }
+
+  return { definitionLevels, repetitionLevels, value: values }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Read a page containing dictionary data.
+ *
+ * @param {Uint8Array} bytes raw page data
+ * @param {DictionaryPageHeader} diph dictionary page header
+ * @param {SchemaElement[]} schema schema for the file
+ * @param {ColumnMetaData} columnMetadata metadata for the column
+ * @returns {ArrayLike<any>} array of values
+ */
+export function readDictionaryPage(bytes, diph, schema, columnMetadata) {
+  const dataView = new DataView(bytes.buffer, bytes.byteOffset, bytes.byteLength)
+  // read values based on encoding
+  const { value } = readPlain(dataView, columnMetadata.type, diph.num_values)
+  return value
+}
+
+/**
+ * Read the repetition levels from this page, if any.
+ *
+ * @param {DataView} dataView data view for the page
+ * @param {number} offset offset to start reading from
+ * @param {DataPageHeader} daph data page header
+ * @param {SchemaElement[]} schema schema for the file
+ * @param {ColumnMetaData} columnMetadata metadata for the column
+ * @returns {Decoded<any[]>} repetition levels and number of bytes read
+ */
+function readRepetitionLevels(dataView, offset, daph, schema, columnMetadata) {
+  if (columnMetadata.path_in_schema.length > 1) {
+    const maxRepetitionLevel = getMaxRepetitionLevel(schema, columnMetadata.path_in_schema)
+    if (maxRepetitionLevel !== 0) {
+      const bitWidth = widthFromMaxInt(maxRepetitionLevel)
+      // num_values is index 1 for either type of page header
+      return readData(
+        dataView, daph.repetition_level_encoding, offset, daph.num_values, bitWidth
+      )
+    }
+  }
+  return { value: [], byteLength: 0 }
+}
+
+/** @typedef {{ byteLength: number, definitionLevels: number[], numNulls: number }} DefinitionLevels */
+
+/**
+ * Read the definition levels from this page, if any.
+ * Other implementations read the definition levels and num nulls, but we don't need em.
+ *
+ * @param {DataView} dataView data view for the page
+ * @param {number} offset offset to start reading from
+ * @param {DataPageHeader} daph data page header
+ * @param {SchemaElement[]} schema schema for the file
+ * @param {ColumnMetaData} columnMetadata metadata for the column
+ * @returns {DefinitionLevels} definition levels and number of bytes read
+ */
+function readDefinitionLevels(dataView, offset, daph, schema, columnMetadata) {
+  if (!isRequired(schema, columnMetadata.path_in_schema)) {
+    const maxDefinitionLevel = getMaxDefinitionLevel(schema, columnMetadata.path_in_schema)
+    const bitWidth = widthFromMaxInt(maxDefinitionLevel)
+    if (bitWidth) {
+      // num_values is index 1 for either type of page header
+      const { value: definitionLevels, byteLength } = readData(
+        dataView, daph.definition_level_encoding, offset, daph.num_values, bitWidth
+      )
+      const numNulls = daph.num_values - definitionLevels
+        .filter((/** @type number */ d) => d === maxDefinitionLevel).length
+      return { byteLength, definitionLevels, numNulls }
+    }
+  }
+  return { byteLength: 0, definitionLevels: [], numNulls: 0 }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Dremel-assembly of arrays of values into lists
+ *
+ * @param {number[] | undefined} definitionLevels definition levels, max 3
+ * @param {number[]} repetitionLevels repetition levels, max 1
+ * @param {ArrayLike<any>} value values to process
+ * @param {boolean} isNull can an entry be null?
+ * @param {boolean} nullValue can list elements be null?
+ * @param {number} maxDefinitionLevel definition level that corresponds to non-null
+ * @param {number} prevIndex 1 + index where the last row in the previous page was inserted (0 if first page)
+ * @returns {any[]} array of values
+ */
+export function assembleObjects(definitionLevels, repetitionLevels, value, isNull, nullValue, maxDefinitionLevel, prevIndex) {
+  let vali = 0
+  let started = false
+  let haveNull = false
+  let i = prevIndex
+  let part = []
+  /** @type {any[]} */
+  const assign = []
+
+  for (let counter = 0; counter < repetitionLevels.length; counter++) {
+    const def = definitionLevels ? definitionLevels[counter] : maxDefinitionLevel
+    const rep = repetitionLevels[counter]
+
+    if (!rep) {
+      // new row - save what we have
+      if (started) {
+        assign[i] = haveNull ? undefined : part
+        part = []
+        i++
+      } else {
+        // first time: no row to save yet, unless it's a row continued from previous page
+        if (vali > 0) {
+          assign[i - 1] = assign[i - 1]?.concat(part) // add items to previous row
+          part = []
+          // don't increment i since we only filled i-1
+        }
+        started = true
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (def === maxDefinitionLevel) {
+      // append real value to current item
+      part.push(value[vali])
+      vali++
+    } else if (def > 0) {
+      // append null to current item
+      part.push(undefined)
+    }
+
+    haveNull = def === 0 && isNull
+  }
+
+  if (started) {
+    assign[i] = haveNull ? undefined : part
+  } else if (vali > 0) {
+    assign[i - 1] = assign[i - 1]?.concat(part)
+  }
+
+  return assign
+}
diff --git a/src/hyparquet.d.ts b/src/hyparquet.d.ts
index 13563c4..465a395 100644
--- a/src/hyparquet.d.ts
+++ b/src/hyparquet.d.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+export { FileMetaData } from './types'
+
 /**
  * Read parquet data rows from a file
  *