diff --git a/pyo3-arrow/src/array.rs b/pyo3-arrow/src/array.rs
index 633873b..3e9f728 100644
--- a/pyo3-arrow/src/array.rs
+++ b/pyo3-arrow/src/array.rs
@@ -98,7 +98,10 @@ impl PyArray {
         self.array.len()
     }
 
-    /// Construct this object from existing Arrow data
+    /// Construct this object from an existing Arrow object.
+    ///
+    /// It can be called on anything that exports the Arrow data interface
+    /// (`__arrow_c_array__`).
     ///
     /// Args:
     ///     input: Arrow array to use for constructing this object
diff --git a/pyo3-arrow/src/chunked.rs b/pyo3-arrow/src/chunked.rs
index 00817bf..5baf268 100644
--- a/pyo3-arrow/src/chunked.rs
+++ b/pyo3-arrow/src/chunked.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ impl PyChunkedArray {
         (self.chunks, self.field)
     }
 
-    /// Convert this to a Python `arro3.core.ChunkedArray`.
+    /// Export this to a Python `arro3.core.ChunkedArray`.
     pub fn to_python(&self, py: Python) -> PyArrowResult<PyObject> {
         let arro3_mod = py.import_bound(intern!(py, "arro3.core"))?;
         let core_obj = arro3_mod
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ impl PyChunkedArray {
         self.__array__(py)
     }
 
+    /// Construct this from an existing Arrow object.
+    ///
+    /// It can be called on anything that exports the Arrow stream interface
+    /// (`__arrow_c_stream__`). All batches will be materialized in memory.
     #[classmethod]
     pub fn from_arrow(_cls: &Bound<PyType>, input: &Bound<PyAny>) -> PyResult<Self> {
         input.extract()
diff --git a/pyo3-arrow/src/ffi/from_python/input.rs b/pyo3-arrow/src/ffi/from_python/input.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5495f92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyo3-arrow/src/ffi/from_python/input.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+use crate::input::AnyRecordBatch;
+use crate::{PyRecordBatch, PyRecordBatchReader};
+use pyo3::exceptions::PyValueError;
+use pyo3::prelude::*;
+use pyo3::{PyAny, PyResult};
+
+impl<'a> FromPyObject<'a> for AnyRecordBatch {
+    fn extract_bound(ob: &Bound<'a, PyAny>) -> PyResult<Self> {
+        if ob.hasattr("__arrow_c_array__")? {
+            Ok(Self::RecordBatch(PyRecordBatch::extract_bound(ob)?))
+        } else if ob.hasattr("__arrow_c_stream__")? {
+            Ok(Self::Stream(PyRecordBatchReader::extract_bound(ob)?))
+        } else {
+            Err(PyValueError::new_err(
+                "Expected object with __arrow_c_array__ or __arrow_c_stream__ method",
+            ))
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/pyo3-arrow/src/ffi/from_python/mod.rs b/pyo3-arrow/src/ffi/from_python/mod.rs
index 5f4650f..f86fb8f 100644
--- a/pyo3-arrow/src/ffi/from_python/mod.rs
+++ b/pyo3-arrow/src/ffi/from_python/mod.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ pub mod array;
 pub mod chunked;
 pub mod ffi_stream;
 pub mod field;
+pub mod input;
 pub mod record_batch;
 pub mod record_batch_reader;
 pub mod schema;
diff --git a/pyo3-arrow/src/field.rs b/pyo3-arrow/src/field.rs
index 02f5fbb..d38f55d 100644
--- a/pyo3-arrow/src/field.rs
+++ b/pyo3-arrow/src/field.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ impl PyField {
         Self(field)
     }
 
-    /// Convert this to a Python `arro3.core.Field`.
+    /// Export this to a Python `arro3.core.Field`.
     pub fn to_python(&self, py: Python) -> PyArrowResult<PyObject> {
         let arro3_mod = py.import_bound(intern!(py, "arro3.core"))?;
         let core_obj = arro3_mod.getattr(intern!(py, "Field"))?.call_method1(
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ impl PyField {
         self.0 == other.0
     }
 
+    /// Construct this from an existing Arrow object.
+    ///
+    /// It can be called on anything that exports the Arrow schema interface
+    /// (`__arrow_c_schema__`).
     #[classmethod]
     pub fn from_arrow(_cls: &Bound<PyType>, input: &Bound<PyAny>) -> PyResult<Self> {
         input.extract()
diff --git a/pyo3-arrow/src/input.rs b/pyo3-arrow/src/input.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59e94e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyo3-arrow/src/input.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+use crate::{PyRecordBatch, PyRecordBatchReader};
+
+/// An enum over [PyRecordBatch] and [PyRecordBatchReader], used when a function accepts either
+/// Arrow object as input.
+pub enum AnyRecordBatch {
+    RecordBatch(PyRecordBatch),
+    Stream(PyRecordBatchReader),
+}
diff --git a/pyo3-arrow/src/lib.rs b/pyo3-arrow/src/lib.rs
index 25ef120..c928f37 100644
--- a/pyo3-arrow/src/lib.rs
+++ b/pyo3-arrow/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ mod chunked;
 pub mod error;
 mod ffi;
 mod field;
+pub mod input;
 mod interop;
 mod record_batch;
 mod record_batch_reader;
diff --git a/pyo3-arrow/src/record_batch.rs b/pyo3-arrow/src/record_batch.rs
index 28e0a6d..f928749 100644
--- a/pyo3-arrow/src/record_batch.rs
+++ b/pyo3-arrow/src/record_batch.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ impl PyRecordBatch {
         Self(batch)
     }
 
-    /// Convert this to a Python `arro3.core.RecordBatch`.
+    /// Export this to a Python `arro3.core.RecordBatch`.
     pub fn to_python(&self, py: Python) -> PyArrowResult<PyObject> {
         let arro3_mod = py.import_bound(intern!(py, "arro3.core"))?;
         let core_obj = arro3_mod
@@ -88,7 +88,10 @@ impl PyRecordBatch {
         self.0 == other.0
     }
 
-    /// Construct this object from existing Arrow data
+    /// Construct this from an existing Arrow RecordBatch.
+    ///
+    /// It can be called on anything that exports the Arrow data interface
+    /// (`__arrow_c_array__`) and returns a StructArray..
     ///
     /// Args:
     ///     input: Arrow array to use for constructing this object
diff --git a/pyo3-arrow/src/record_batch_reader.rs b/pyo3-arrow/src/record_batch_reader.rs
index 0b20388..8c94b72 100644
--- a/pyo3-arrow/src/record_batch_reader.rs
+++ b/pyo3-arrow/src/record_batch_reader.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use pyo3::types::{PyCapsule, PyTuple, PyType};
 
 use crate::error::PyArrowResult;
 use crate::ffi::from_python::utils::import_stream_pycapsule;
+use crate::PyTable;
 
 /// A Python-facing Arrow record batch reader.
 ///
@@ -17,6 +18,14 @@ use crate::ffi::from_python::utils::import_stream_pycapsule;
 pub struct PyRecordBatchReader(pub(crate) Option<Box<dyn RecordBatchReader + Send>>);
 
 impl PyRecordBatchReader {
+    /// Returns `true` if this reader has already been consumed.
+    pub fn closed(&self) -> bool {
+        self.0.is_none()
+    }
+
+    /// Consume this reader and convert into a [RecordBatchReader].
+    ///
+    /// The reader can only be consumed once. Calling `into_reader`
     pub fn into_reader(mut self) -> PyArrowResult<Box<dyn RecordBatchReader + Send>> {
         let stream = self
             .0
@@ -25,7 +34,21 @@ impl PyRecordBatchReader {
         Ok(stream)
     }
 
-    /// Convert this to a Python `arro3.core.RecordBatchReader`.
+    /// Consume this reader and create a [PyTable] object
+    pub fn into_table(mut self) -> PyArrowResult<PyTable> {
+        let stream = self
+            .0
+            .take()
+            .ok_or(PyIOError::new_err("Cannot write from closed stream."))?;
+        let schema = stream.schema();
+        let mut batches = vec![];
+        for batch in stream {
+            batches.push(batch?);
+        }
+        Ok(PyTable::new(schema, batches))
+    }
+
+    /// Export this to a Python `arro3.core.RecordBatchReader`.
     pub fn to_python(&mut self, py: Python) -> PyArrowResult<PyObject> {
         let arro3_mod = py.import_bound(intern!(py, "arro3.core"))?;
         let core_obj = arro3_mod
@@ -63,12 +86,16 @@ impl PyRecordBatchReader {
         PyCapsule::new_bound(py, ffi_stream, Some(stream_capsule_name))
     }
 
+    /// Construct this from an existing Arrow object.
+    ///
+    /// It can be called on anything that exports the Arrow stream interface
+    /// (`__arrow_c_stream__`), such as a `Table` or `RecordBatchReader`.
     #[classmethod]
     pub fn from_arrow(_cls: &Bound<PyType>, input: &Bound<PyAny>) -> PyResult<Self> {
         input.extract()
     }
 
-    /// Construct this object from a bare Arrow PyCapsule
+    /// Construct this object from a bare Arrow PyCapsule.
     #[classmethod]
     pub fn from_arrow_pycapsule(
         _cls: &Bound<PyType>,
diff --git a/pyo3-arrow/src/schema.rs b/pyo3-arrow/src/schema.rs
index 72400e4..8174406 100644
--- a/pyo3-arrow/src/schema.rs
+++ b/pyo3-arrow/src/schema.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ impl PySchema {
         Self(schema)
     }
 
-    /// Convert this to a Python `arro3.core.Schema`.
+    /// Export this to a Python `arro3.core.Schema`.
     pub fn to_python(&self, py: Python) -> PyArrowResult<PyObject> {
         let arro3_mod = py.import_bound(intern!(py, "arro3.core"))?;
         let core_obj = arro3_mod.getattr(intern!(py, "Schema"))?.call_method1(
@@ -67,7 +67,10 @@ impl PySchema {
         Ok(schema_capsule)
     }
 
-    /// Construct this object from existing Arrow data
+    /// Construct this object from an existing Arrow object
+    ///
+    /// It can be called on anything that exports the Arrow data interface
+    /// (`__arrow_c_array__`) and returns a struct field.
     ///
     /// Args:
     ///     input: Arrow array to use for constructing this object
diff --git a/pyo3-arrow/src/table.rs b/pyo3-arrow/src/table.rs
index 81b8000..09a7690 100644
--- a/pyo3-arrow/src/table.rs
+++ b/pyo3-arrow/src/table.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ impl PyTable {
         (self.batches, self.schema)
     }
 
-    /// Convert this to a Python `arro3.core.Table`.
+    /// Export this to a Python `arro3.core.Table`.
     pub fn to_python(&self, py: Python) -> PyArrowResult<PyObject> {
         let arro3_mod = py.import_bound(intern!(py, "arro3.core"))?;
         let core_obj = arro3_mod.getattr(intern!(py, "Table"))?.call_method1(
@@ -82,7 +82,12 @@ impl PyTable {
         self.batches.iter().fold(0, |acc, x| acc + x.num_rows())
     }
 
-    /// Construct this object from existing Arrow data
+    /// Construct this object from an existing Arrow object.
+    ///
+    /// It can be called on anything that exports the Arrow stream interface
+    /// (`__arrow_c_stream__`) and yields a StructArray for each item. This Table will materialize
+    /// all items from the iterator in memory at once. Use RecordBatchReader if you don't wish to
+    /// materialize all batches in memory at once.
     ///
     /// Args:
     ///     input: Arrow array to use for constructing this object