diff --git a/gluestick/reader.py b/gluestick/reader.py
index e164a6d..900c3ae 100644
--- a/gluestick/reader.py
+++ b/gluestick/reader.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import os
 import json
 import pandas as pd
+from pandas.io.parsers import TextFileReader
 import pyarrow as pa
 import pyarrow.parquet as pq
+import pyarrow.dataset as ds
 
 class Reader:
     """A reader for gluestick ETL files."""
@@ -34,8 +36,82 @@ def __str__(self):
     def __repr__(self):
         return str(list(self.input_files.keys()))
 
+    def get_in_chunks(self, stream, default=None, catalog_types=False, schema=None, **kwargs):
+        if not kwargs.get("chunksize"):
+            print("This method is restricted to chunksize. Assuming chunksize=1000000.")
+            kwargs["chunksize"] = 1000000
+        filepath = self.input_files.get(stream)
+        if not filepath:
+            return default
+        if filepath.endswith(".parquet"):
+            catalog = self.read_catalog()
+            if catalog and catalog_types:
+                try:
+                    dataset = ds.dataset(filepath, schema=schema, format="parquet")
+                    for batch in dataset.to_batches(batch_size=kwargs["chunksize"]):
+                        headers = batch.to_pandas(safe=False).columns.tolist()
+                        types_params = self.get_types_from_catalog(catalog, stream, headers=headers)
+                        dtype_dict = types_params.get('dtype')
+                        parse_dates = types_params.get('parse_dates')
+
+                        # Mapping pandas dtypes to pyarrow types
+                        type_mapping = {
+                            'int64': pa.int64(),
+                            'float64': pa.float64(),
+                            "<class 'float'>": pa.float64(),
+                            'string': pa.string(),
+                            'object': pa.string(),
+                            'datetime64[ns]': pa.timestamp('ns'),
+                            'bool': pa.bool_(),
+                            'boolean': pa.bool_(),
+                            # TODO: Add more mappings as needed
+                        }
+
+                        if dtype_dict:
+                            # Convert dtype dictionary to pyarrow schema
+                            fields = [(col, type_mapping[str(dtype).lower()]) for col, dtype in dtype_dict.items()]
+                            fields.extend([(col, pa.timestamp('ns')) for col in parse_dates])
+                            if not schema:
+                                schema = pa.schema(fields)
+                                yield from self.get_in_chunks(stream, default, catalog_types, schema, **kwargs)
+                            for col, dtype in dtype_dict.items():
+                                # NOTE: bools require explicit conversion at the end because if there are empty values (NaN)
+                                # pyarrow/pd defaults to convert to string
+                                if str(dtype).lower() in ["bool", "boolean"]:
+                                    batch[col] = batch[col].astype('boolean')
+                                elif str(dtype).lower() in ["int64"]:
+                                    batch[col] = batch[col].astype('Int64')
+                            yield batch
+                except:
+                    # NOTE: silencing errors to avoid breaking existing workflow
+                    print(f"Failed to parse catalog_types for {stream}. Ignoring.")
+                    dataset = ds.dataset(filepath, schema=schema, format="parquet")
+                    for batch in dataset.to_batches(batch_size=kwargs["chunksize"]):
+                        yield batch.to_pandas(safe=False)
+            else:
+                dataset = ds.dataset(filepath, schema=schema, format="parquet")
+                for batch in dataset.to_batches(batch_size=kwargs["chunksize"]):
+                    yield batch.to_pandas(safe=False)
+        elif filepath.endswith(".csv"):
+            catalog = self.read_catalog()
+            if catalog and catalog_types:
+                types_params = self.get_types_from_catalog(catalog, stream)
+                kwargs.update(types_params)
+            chunks_generator: TextFileReader = pd.read_csv(filepath, **kwargs)
+            # if a date field value is empty read_csv will read it as "object"
+            # make sure all date fields are typed as date
+            for chunk in chunks_generator:
+                for date_col in kwargs.get("parse_dates", []):
+                    chunk[date_col] = pd.to_datetime(chunk[date_col], errors='coerce')
+                yield chunk
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(f"Unsupported file type: {filepath}")
+
     def get(self, stream, default=None, catalog_types=False, **kwargs):
         """Read the selected file."""
+        if kwargs.get("chunksize"):
+            print("This method is not supported for chunksize. Please use get_in_chunks instead. Ignoring chunksize.")
+            kwargs.pop("chunksize")
         filepath = self.input_files.get(stream)
         if not filepath:
             return default
@@ -85,7 +161,7 @@ def get(self, stream, default=None, catalog_types=False, **kwargs):
         if catalog and catalog_types:
             types_params = self.get_types_from_catalog(catalog, stream)
             kwargs.update(types_params)
-        df = pd.read_csv(filepath, **kwargs)
+        df: pd.DataFrame = pd.read_csv(filepath, **kwargs)
         # if a date field value is empty read_csv will read it as "object"
         # make sure all date fields are typed as date
         for date_col in kwargs.get("parse_dates", []):