diff --git a/include/node.h b/include/node.h
index f970f4f..ebfcdd9 100644
--- a/include/node.h
+++ b/include/node.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ namespace YAML
 		bool Read(float& f) const;
 		bool Read(double& d) const;
 		bool Read(char& c) const;
+		bool Read(bool& b) const;
 
 		// so you can specialize for other values
 		template <typename T>
diff --git a/src/content.h b/src/content.h
index 9561a4b..33e0d7d 100644
--- a/src/content.h
+++ b/src/content.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ namespace YAML
 		virtual bool Read(float& f) const { return false; }
 		virtual bool Read(double& d) const { return false; }
 		virtual bool Read(char& c) const { return false; }
+		virtual bool Read(bool& b) const { return false; }
 
 		// ordering
 		virtual int Compare(Content *pContent) { return 0; }
diff --git a/src/node.cpp b/src/node.cpp
index df79ad4..48b81ec 100644
--- a/src/node.cpp
+++ b/src/node.cpp
@@ -293,6 +293,14 @@ namespace YAML
 		return m_pContent->Read(c);
 	}
 
+	bool Node::Read(bool& b) const
+	{
+		if(!m_pContent)
+			return false;
+
+		return m_pContent->Read(b);
+	}
+
 	std::ostream& operator << (std::ostream& out, const Node& node)
 	{
 		node.Write(out, 0, false, false);
diff --git a/src/scalar.cpp b/src/scalar.cpp
index 00985cb..03dfa4b 100644
--- a/src/scalar.cpp
+++ b/src/scalar.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "exceptions.h"
 #include "node.h"
 #include <sstream>
+#include <algorithm>
 
 namespace YAML
 {
@@ -86,6 +87,81 @@ namespace YAML
 		return !data.fail();
 	}
 
+	namespace
+	{
+		// we're not gonna mess with the mess that is all the isupper/etc. functions
+		bool IsLower(char ch) { return 'a' <= ch && ch <= 'z'; }
+		bool IsUpper(char ch) { return 'A' <= ch && ch <= 'Z'; }
+		char ToLower(char ch) { return IsUpper(ch) ? ch + 'a' - 'A' : ch; }
+
+		std::string tolower(const std::string& str)
+		{
+			std::string s(str);
+			std::transform(s.begin(), s.end(), s.begin(), ToLower);
+			return s;
+		}
+
+		template <typename T>
+		bool IsEntirely(const std::string& str, T func)
+		{
+			for(unsigned i=0;i<str.size();i++)
+				if(!func(str[i]))
+					return false;
+
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		// IsFlexibleCase
+		// . Returns true if 'str' is:
+		//   . UPPERCASE
+		//   . lowercase
+		//   . Capitalized
+		bool IsFlexibleCase(const std::string& str)
+		{
+			if(str.empty())
+				return true;
+
+			if(IsEntirely(str, IsLower))
+				return true;
+
+			bool firstcaps = IsUpper(str[0]);
+			std::string rest = str.substr(1);
+			return firstcaps && (IsEntirely(rest, IsLower) || IsEntirely(rest, IsUpper));
+		}
+	}
+
+	bool Scalar::Read(bool& b) const
+	{
+		// we can't use iostream bool extraction operators as they don't
+		// recognize all possible values in the table below (taken from
+		// http://yaml.org/type/bool.html)
+		static const struct {
+			std::string truename, falsename;
+		} names[] = {
+			{ "y", "n" },
+			{ "yes", "no" },
+			{ "true", "false" },
+			{ "on", "off" },
+		};
+
+		if(!IsFlexibleCase(m_data))
+			return false;
+
+		for(unsigned i=0;i<sizeof(names)/sizeof(names[0]);i++) {
+			if(names[i].truename == tolower(m_data)) {
+				b = true;
+				return true;
+			}
+
+			if(names[i].falsename == tolower(m_data)) {
+				b = false;
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	int Scalar::Compare(Content *pContent)
 	{
 		return -pContent->Compare(this);
diff --git a/src/scalar.h b/src/scalar.h
index 3dab558..4ccf932 100644
--- a/src/scalar.h
+++ b/src/scalar.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ namespace YAML
 		virtual bool Read(float& f) const;
 		virtual bool Read(double& d) const;
 		virtual bool Read(char& c) const;
+		virtual bool Read(bool& b) const;
 
 		// ordering
 		virtual int Compare(Content *pContent);
diff --git a/yaml-reader.vcproj b/yaml-reader.vcproj
index 0d7cdda..f2522d1 100644
--- a/yaml-reader.vcproj
+++ b/yaml-reader.vcproj
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
+				AdditionalDependencies="yamlcppd.lib"
 				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="lib"
 				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
 				TargetMachine="1"
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
+				AdditionalDependencies="yamlcpp.lib"
 				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="lib"
 				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
 				OptimizeReferences="2"
diff --git a/yaml-reader/main.cpp b/yaml-reader/main.cpp
index ab122c0..2f26a32 100644
--- a/yaml-reader/main.cpp
+++ b/yaml-reader/main.cpp
@@ -3,21 +3,19 @@
 #include <fstream>
 #include <iostream>
 
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-#ifdef _DEBUG
-#pragma comment(lib, "yamlcppd.lib")
-#else
-#pragma comment(lib, "yamlcpp.lib")
-#endif  // _DEBUG
-#endif  // _MSC_VER
-
 void run()
 {
 	std::ifstream fin("tests/test.yaml");
 
 	try {
 		YAML::Parser parser(fin);
-		parser.PrintTokens(std::cout);
+		YAML::Node doc;
+		parser.GetNextDocument(doc);
+		for(unsigned i=0;i<doc.size();i++) {
+			bool value;
+			doc[i] >> value;
+			std::cout << (value ? "true" : "false") << "\n";
+		}
 	} catch(YAML::Exception&) {
 		std::cout << "Error parsing the yaml!\n";
 	}
diff --git a/yaml-reader/tests/test.yaml b/yaml-reader/tests/test.yaml
index 6938c5c..34499d1 100644
--- a/yaml-reader/tests/test.yaml
+++ b/yaml-reader/tests/test.yaml
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
-bad YAML: [
\ No newline at end of file
+- true
+- n
+- Off
+- YES
+- on
+- FALSE
+- FaLse