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diff --git a/lib/docx/footnotes-reader.js b/lib/docx/footnotes-reader.js
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+exports.readFootnotesXml = readFootnotesXml;
+
+function Footnotes(footnotes) {
+    function findFootnoteById(id) {
+        return footnotes[id] || null;
+    }
+    
+    return {
+        findFootnoteById: findFootnoteById
+    };
+}
+
+function readFootnotesXml(xml) {
+    var footnotes = {};
+    
+    xml.root.getElementsByTagName("w:footnote").forEach(function(footnoteElement) {
+        var id = footnoteElement.attributes["w:id"];
+        footnotes[id] = readFootnoteElement(footnoteElement);
+    });
+    
+    return new Footnotes(footnotes);
+}
+
+function readFootnoteElement(footnoteElement) {
+    var body = footnoteElement.children;
+    return {body: body};
+}
diff --git a/tests/docx/footnotes-reader.tests.js b/tests/docx/footnotes-reader.tests.js
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+var assert = require("assert");
+
+var duck = require("duck");
+
+var readFootnotesXml = require("../../lib/docx/footnotes-reader").readFootnotesXml;
+var XmlElement = require("../../lib/xmlreader").Element;
+var test = require("../testing").test;
+
+
+describe('readFootnotesXml', function() {
+    test('footnote can be looked up by ID', function() {
+        var footnoteBody = [new XmlElement("w:p", {}, [])];
+        var footnotes = readFootnotesXml({
+            root: new XmlElement("w:footnotes", {}, [
+                new XmlElement("w:footnote", {"w:id": "1"}, footnoteBody)
+            ])
+        });
+        assert.strictEqual(footnotes.findFootnoteById("1").body, footnoteBody);
+    });
+    
+    test('footnote is null if no footnote with that ID exists', function() {
+        var footnoteBody = [new XmlElement("w:p", {}, [])];
+        var footnotes = readFootnotesXml({
+            root: new XmlElement("w:footnotes", {}, [
+                new XmlElement("w:footnote", {"w:id": "1"}, footnoteBody)
+            ])
+        });
+        assert.strictEqual(footnotes.findFootnoteById("2"), null);
+    });
+});