diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 2cb6883..3e761d3 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+Jun 11, 2013 - v0.1.8  Added reduce=-1 option to get lowest resolution
+    thumbnail.
+
 Jun 07, 2013 - v0.1.7  Changed Exif dictionary names from ['Exif', 'Photo',
     'Iop', 'GPSInfo'] to ['Image', 'Photo', 'Iop', 'GPSInfo'].  
 
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 262e5d8..10d03c2 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ copyright = u'2013, John Evans'
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = '0.1'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.1.7'
+release = '0.1.8'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/docs/source/how_do_i.rst b/docs/source/how_do_i.rst
index 82f03bd..d4a91bf 100644
--- a/docs/source/how_do_i.rst
+++ b/docs/source/how_do_i.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,18 @@ How do I...?
 ------------
 
 
+Read the lowest resolution thumbnail?
+=====================================
+Printing the Jp2k object should reveal the number of resolutions (look in the
+COD segment section), but you can take a shortcut by supplying -1 as the reduce
+level. ::
+
+    >>> import pkg_resources
+    >>> import glymur
+    >>> file = pkg_resources.resource_filename(glymur.__name__, "data/nemo.jp2")
+    >>> j = glymur.Jp2k(file)
+    >>> thumbnail = j.read(reduce=-1)
+
 Display metadata?
 =================
 There are two ways.  From the unix command line, the script *jp2dump* is
@@ -26,7 +38,7 @@ codestream box, only the main header is printed.  It is possible to print
 
 Work with XMP UUIDs?
 ====================
-The example JP2 file shipped with glymur has an XMP UUID::
+The example JP2 file shipped with glymur has an XMP UUID. ::
 
     >>> import pkg_resources
     >>> from glymur import Jp2k
diff --git a/docs/source/index.rst b/docs/source/index.rst
index 1a7ddda..bcc2d75 100644
--- a/docs/source/index.rst
+++ b/docs/source/index.rst
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ Contents:
    :maxdepth: 2
 
    introduction
-   api
    how_do_i
    roadmap
+   api
 
 ------------------
 Indices and tables
diff --git a/glymur/jp2k.py b/glymur/jp2k.py
index a42e291..adba2cc 100644
--- a/glymur/jp2k.py
+++ b/glymur/jp2k.py
@@ -407,7 +407,8 @@ class Jp2k(Jp2kBox):
         layer : int, optional
             Number of quality layer to decode.
         reduce : int, optional
-            Factor by which to reduce output resolution.
+            Factor by which to reduce output resolution.  Use -1 to get the
+            lowest resolution thumbnail.
         area : tuple, optional
             Specifies decoding image area,
             (first_row, first_col, last_row, last_col)
@@ -432,7 +433,15 @@ class Jp2k(Jp2kBox):
         >>> import pkg_resources as pkg
         >>> jfile = pkg.resource_filename(glymur.__name__, "data/nemo.jp2")
         >>> jp = glymur.Jp2k(jfile)
-        >>> data = jp.read(reduce=1)
+        >>> image = jp.read()
+        >>> image.shape
+        (1456, 2592, 3)
+
+        Read the lowest resolution thumbnail.
+
+        >>> thumbnail = jp.read(reduce=-1)
+        >>> thumbnail.shape
+        (46, 81, 3)
         """
         # Check for differing subsample factors.
         codestream = self.get_codestream(header_only=True)
@@ -490,6 +499,12 @@ class Jp2k(Jp2kBox):
         dparam.decod_format = self._codec_format
 
         dparam.cp_layer = layer
+
+        if reduce == -1:
+            # Get the lowest resolution thumbnail.
+            codestream = self.get_codestream()
+            reduce = codestream.segment[2].SPcod[4]
+
         dparam.cp_reduce = reduce
         if area is not None:
             if area[0] < 0 or area[1] < 0:
diff --git a/glymur/test/test_jp2k.py b/glymur/test/test_jp2k.py
index 5e9ab9b..249bc5e 100644
--- a/glymur/test/test_jp2k.py
+++ b/glymur/test/test_jp2k.py
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ class TestJp2k(unittest.TestCase):
 
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):
-        # Setup a JP2 file with a bad XML box.
+        # Setup a JP2 file with a bad XML box.  We only need to do this once
+        # per class rather than once per test.
         jp2file = pkg_resources.resource_filename(glymur.__name__,
                                                   "data/nemo.jp2")
         with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix='.jp2', delete=False) as tfile:
@@ -92,10 +93,18 @@ class TestJp2k(unittest.TestCase):
                      "Uses features introduced in 3.2.")
     def test_invalid_xml_box_warning(self):
         # Should be able to recover from xml box with bad xml.
-        # Just verify that a warning is issued on 3.2+
+        # Just verify that a warning is issued on 3.3+
         with self.assertWarns(UserWarning) as cw:
             jp2k = Jp2k(self._bad_xml_file)
 
+    def test_reduce_max(self):
+        # Verify that reduce=-1 gets us the lowest resolution image
+        j = Jp2k(self.jp2file)
+        thumbnail1 = j.read(reduce=-1)
+        thumbnail2 = j.read(reduce=5)
+        np.testing.assert_array_equal(thumbnail1, thumbnail2)
+        self.assertEqual(thumbnail1.shape, (46, 81, 3))
+
     def test_invalid_xml_box(self):
         # Should be able to recover from xml box with bad xml.
         with warnings.catch_warnings():
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6e968ae..4f32597 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from distutils.core import setup
 
 kwargs = {'name': 'Glymur',
-          'version': '0.1.7',
+          'version': '0.1.8',
           'description': 'Tools for accessing JPEG2000 files',
           'long_description': open('README.md').read(),
           'author': 'John Evans',