diff --git a/examples/ui.rs b/examples/ui.rs
index aac6f6b..2f8aa58 100644
--- a/examples/ui.rs
+++ b/examples/ui.rs
@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
 use std::cell::RefCell;
-use taffy::prelude::Size;
 use viewbuilder::ui::{Scope, View};
 
 fn app<'cx>(cx: &'cx Scope) -> View<'cx> {
     cx.enter((), || {
-        let count = cx.use_state(|| RefCell::new(0));
+        let count = cx.use_hook(|| RefCell::new(0));
 
         View::default()
-            .size(Size::from_points(100., 100.))
-            .on_click(|| {
+            .text(count.borrow().to_string())
+            .view(View::default().text("Less!").on_click(|| {
+                dbg!(count.borrow());
+                *count.borrow_mut() -= 1;
+            }))
+            .view(View::default().text("More!").on_click(|| {
                 dbg!(count.borrow());
                 *count.borrow_mut() += 1;
-            })
+            }))
     })
 }
 
@@ -19,5 +22,5 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), viewbuilder::Error> {
     let cx = Scope::default();
     let view = app(&cx);
 
-    viewbuilder::run((), |cx| view.to_element().build(cx))
+    viewbuilder::run((), |cx| view.to_element(cx).build(cx))
 }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index df46016..7ae9859 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 //! ```
 //!
 
-use bumpalo::Bump;
 use thiserror::Error;
 
 mod context;
diff --git a/src/node.rs b/src/node.rs
index ecdf807..7329a4a 100644
--- a/src/node.rs
+++ b/src/node.rs
@@ -209,3 +209,9 @@ impl<T> From<String> for Node<T> {
         Self::text(value)
     }
 }
+
+impl<T> From<Cow<'static, str>> for Node<T> {
+    fn from(value: Cow<'static, str>) -> Self {
+        Self::text(value)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ui/mod.rs b/src/ui/mod.rs
index 523f488..c118709 100644
--- a/src/ui/mod.rs
+++ b/src/ui/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 mod scope;
-use std::{rc::Rc, cell::RefCell, marker::PhantomData};
+use std::{cell::RefCell, marker::PhantomData, rc::Rc};
 
 pub use scope::Scope;
 
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ impl<'cx> Drop for HandlerCell<'cx> {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         self.f.borrow_mut().take();
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/ui/scope.rs b/src/ui/scope.rs
index ea4bb7d..c8be6f2 100644
--- a/src/ui/scope.rs
+++ b/src/ui/scope.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-use std::{cell::{RefCell, UnsafeCell}, any::Any};
+use std::{
+    any::Any,
+    cell::{RefCell, UnsafeCell},
+};
 
 use super::View;
 
@@ -13,11 +16,11 @@ impl Scope {
         app(self);
     }
 
-    pub fn enter<I, T>(&self, id: I, f: impl FnOnce() -> T) -> T {
+    pub fn enter<I, T>(&self, _id: I, f: impl FnOnce() -> T) -> T {
         f()
     }
 
-    pub fn use_state<T: 'static>(&self, f: impl FnOnce() -> T) -> &mut T {
+    pub fn use_hook<T: 'static>(&self, f: impl FnOnce() -> T) -> &mut T {
         let mut states = self.states.borrow_mut();
 
         if let Some(state) = states.get(self.pos) {
diff --git a/src/ui/view.rs b/src/ui/view.rs
index 687b9bf..b1812c8 100644
--- a/src/ui/view.rs
+++ b/src/ui/view.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
-use taffy::{prelude::Size, style::Dimension};
-use crate::Element;
+use std::borrow::Cow;
+
 use super::HandlerCell;
+use crate::{Context, Element};
+use taffy::{prelude::Size, style::Dimension};
 
 #[derive(Default)]
 pub struct View<'cx> {
     handler: Option<HandlerCell<'cx>>,
     size: Option<Size<Dimension>>,
     children: Vec<Self>,
+    text_nodes: Vec<Cow<'static, str>>,
 }
 
 impl<'cx> View<'cx> {
@@ -25,9 +28,14 @@ impl<'cx> View<'cx> {
         self
     }
 
-    pub fn to_element<T>(&self) -> Element<T> {
+    pub fn text(mut self, text: impl Into<Cow<'static, str>>) -> Self {
+        self.text_nodes.push(text.into());
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn to_element<T>(&self, cx: &mut Context<T>) -> Element<T> {
         let mut elem = Element::new();
-        
+
         if let Some(ref handler) = self.handler {
             let f = handler.handler();
             elem.on_click(Box::new(move |_, _| {
@@ -41,6 +49,15 @@ impl<'cx> View<'cx> {
             elem.size(size);
         }
 
+        for child in &self.children {
+            let mut child_elem = child.to_element(cx);
+            elem.child(child_elem.build(cx));
+        }
+
+        for text_node in &self.text_nodes {
+            elem.child(cx.insert(text_node.clone()));
+        }
+
         elem
     }
 }