diff --git a/heed/src/cookbook.rs b/heed/src/cookbook.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..40e61c19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/heed/src/cookbook.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+//! A cookbook of examples on how to use heed.
+//!
+//! # Implement a custom codec with `BytesEncode`/`BytesDecode`
+//!
+//! With heed you can store any kind of data and serialize it the way you want.
+//! To do so you'll need to create a codec by usin the [`BytesEncode`] and [`BytesDecode`] traits.
+//!
+//! ```
+//! use std::borrow::Cow;
+//! use heed::{BoxedError, BytesEncode, BytesDecode};
+//!
+//! pub enum MyCounter<'a> {
+//!   One,
+//!   Two,
+//!   WhatIsThat(&'a [u8]),
+//! }
+//!
+//! pub struct MyCounterCodec;
+//!
+//! impl<'a> BytesEncode<'a> for MyCounterCodec {
+//!     type EItem = MyCounter<'a>;
+//!
+//!     fn bytes_encode(my_counter: &Self::EItem) -> Result<Cow<[u8]>, BoxedError> {
+//!         let mut output = Vec::new();
+//!
+//!         match my_counter {
+//!             MyCounter::One => output.push(1),
+//!             MyCounter::Two => output.push(2),
+//!             MyCounter::WhatIsThat(bytes) => {
+//!                 output.push(u8::MAX);
+//!                 output.extend_from_slice(bytes);
+//!             },
+//!         }
+//!
+//!         Ok(Cow::Owned(output))
+//!     }
+//! }
+//!
+//! impl<'a> BytesDecode<'a> for MyCounterCodec {
+//!     type DItem = MyCounter<'a>;
+//!
+//!     fn bytes_decode(bytes: &'a [u8]) -> Result<Self::DItem, BoxedError> {
+//!         match bytes[0] {
+//!             1 => Ok(MyCounter::One),
+//!             2 => Ok(MyCounter::One),
+//!             u8::MAX => Ok(MyCounter::WhatIsThat(&bytes[1..])),
+//!             _ => Err("invalid input".into()),
+//!         }
+//!     }
+//! }
+//! ```
+//!
+//!
+//!
+//!
+//!
+//!
+//!
+//!
+//!
+//!
+//!
+//!
+//!
+//!
+//!
+
+// To let cargo generate doc links
+#![allow(unused_imports)]
+
+use crate::{BytesDecode, BytesEncode};
diff --git a/heed/src/lib.rs b/heed/src/lib.rs
index 879dc320..ba48eeec 100644
--- a/heed/src/lib.rs
+++ b/heed/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 
 //! `heed` is a high-level wrapper of [LMDB].
 //!
+//! The [cookbook] will give you a variety of complete Rust programs to use heed.
+//!
+//! ----
+//!
 //! This crate simply facilitates the use of LMDB by providing a mechanism to store and
 //! retrieve Rust types. It abstracts away some of the complexities of the raw LMDB usage
 //! while retaining its performance characteristics. The functionality is achieved with the help
@@ -58,6 +62,7 @@
 //! ```
 #![warn(missing_docs)]
 
+pub mod cookbook;
 mod cursor;
 mod database;
 mod env;