diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0a71e46..c2b05a5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ Each `Dataset` has `reference` and `monitoring` properties. Each of these expose
 - `predicted_probabilities`: access the model's predicted probablilities. Only available for classification datasets. For binary classification datasets this will be a single 
 - `targets`: access the model targets as a `numpy.ndarray`
 - `timestamps`: access the model timestamps as a `numpy.ndarray`
-- `categorical_features`: access the model's categorical features as an `Iterable` of `numpy.ndarray`
-- `continuous_features`: access the model's continuous features as an `Iterable` of `numpy.ndarray`
-- `features`: access the model's features as an `Iterable` of `numpy.ndarray`
+- `categorical_features`: access the model's categorical features. Loop over tuples containing the column name and its values.
+- `continuous_features`: access the model's continuous features. Loop over tuples containing the column name and its values.
+- `features`: access the model's features. Loop over tuples containing the column name and its values.
 
 If any of these properties are not available, trying to access them will raise an `AssertionError`.
 
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ from nannyml_dataset.binary_classification import synthetic_car_loan  # Import t
 print(synthetic_car_loan.reference.timestamps)  # Access some reference property
 print(synthetic_car_loan.monitoring.timestamps)  # Access some monitoring property
 
-for col in synthetic_car_loan.reference.categorical_features:  # Loop over reference categorical features
-    print(col)  # You can do more useful stuff here, like setting up a univariate covariate shift monitor!
+for name, values in synthetic_car_loan.reference.categorical_features:  # Loop over reference categorical features
+    print(f"{name}\t\t{values}")  # You can do more useful stuff here, like setting up a univariate covariate shift monitor!
 
 ```
 
diff --git a/src/nannyml_datasets/typing.py b/src/nannyml_datasets/typing.py
index a2d8e53..903cbab 100644
--- a/src/nannyml_datasets/typing.py
+++ b/src/nannyml_datasets/typing.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import numpy.typing as npt
 import requests
 
-from typing import Iterable, List, Mapping, Optional
+from typing import Iterable, List, Optional, Tuple
 
 
 class _Dataset:
@@ -69,24 +69,26 @@ def timestamps(self) -> npt.NDArray:
         return self.data[self.timestamps_column_name].to_numpy()
 
     @property
-    def categorical_features(self) -> Iterable[npt.NDArray]:
+    def categorical_features(self) -> Iterable[Tuple[str, npt.NDArray]]:
         return (
-            self.data[col].to_numpy() for col in self.categorical_feature_column_names
+            (col, self.data[col].to_numpy())
+            for col in self.categorical_feature_column_names
         )
 
     @property
-    def continuous_features(self) -> Iterable[npt.NDArray]:
+    def continuous_features(self) -> Iterable[Tuple[str, npt.NDArray]]:
         return (
-            self.data[col].to_numpy() for col in self.continuous_feature_column_names
+            (col, self.data[col].to_numpy())
+            for col in self.continuous_feature_column_names
         )
 
     @property
-    def features(self) -> Mapping[str, npt.NDArray]:
-        return {
-            col: self.data[col].to_numpy()
+    def features(self) -> Iterable[Tuple[str, npt.NDArray]]:
+        return (
+            (col, self.data[col].to_numpy())
             for col in self.categorical_feature_column_names
             + self.continuous_feature_column_names
-        }
+        )
 
 
 class Dataset: