diff --git a/packages/tao/src/utils.js b/packages/tao/src/utils.js
index b416313..9a41120 100644
--- a/packages/tao/src/utils.js
+++ b/packages/tao/src/utils.js
@@ -4,18 +4,25 @@ export function isIterable(obj) {
   if (obj == null) {
     return false;
   }
+  if (typeof obj === 'string') {
+    return false;
+  }
   return typeof obj[Symbol.iterator] === 'function';
 }
 
 // needed a convenience function for this
 export function concatIterables(...iterables) {
-  const rv = [];
+  let rv = [];
   if (iterables.length) {
-    iterables.forEach(list => {
-      if (list.length) {
-        list.forEach(item => rv.concat(item));
+    for (let list of iterables) {
+      let iterator = list[Symbol.iterator]();
+      if (list.values && typeof list.values === 'function') {
+        iterator = list.values();
+      }
+      for (let item of iterator) {
+        rv = rv.concat(item);
       }
-    });
+    }
   }
   return rv;
 }
diff --git a/packages/tao/src/utils.spec.js b/packages/tao/src/utils.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b509b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/tao/src/utils.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+import { isIterable, concatIterables } from './utils';
+
+describe('isIterable tests whether a value can be iterated as a collection', () => {
+  it('should return false for null', () => {
+    // Assemble
+    const expected = false;
+    const toTest = null;
+    // Act
+    const actual = isIterable(toTest);
+    // Assert
+    expect(actual).toBe(expected);
+  });
+
+  it('should return false for undefined', () => {
+    // Assemble
+    const expected = false;
+    const toTest = undefined;
+    // Act
+    const actual = isIterable(toTest);
+    // Assert
+    expect(actual).toBe(expected);
+  });
+
+  it('should return false for string', () => {
+    // Assemble
+    const expected = false;
+    const toTest = 'string to test';
+    // Act
+    const actual = isIterable(toTest);
+    // Assert
+    expect(actual).toBe(expected);
+  });
+
+  it('should return false for numbers', () => {
+    // Assemble
+    const expected = false;
+    const toTest = 8.97;
+    // Act
+    const actual = isIterable(toTest);
+    // Assert
+    expect(actual).toBe(expected);
+  });
+
+  it('should return false for boolean', () => {
+    // Assemble
+    const expected = false;
+    const toTest = true;
+    // Act
+    const actual = isIterable(toTest);
+    // Assert
+    expect(actual).toBe(expected);
+  });
+
+  it('should return false for Object', () => {
+    // Assemble
+    const expected = false;
+    const toTest = {};
+    // Act
+    const actual = isIterable(toTest);
+    // Assert
+    expect(actual).toBe(expected);
+  });
+
+  it('should return false for Symbol', () => {
+    // Assemble
+    const expected = false;
+    const toTest = Symbol('mang');
+    // Act
+    const actual = isIterable(toTest);
+    // Assert
+    expect(actual).toBe(expected);
+  });
+
+  it('should return false for Date', () => {
+    // Assemble
+    const expected = false;
+    const toTest = Date.now();
+    // Act
+    const actual = isIterable(toTest);
+    // Assert
+    expect(actual).toBe(expected);
+  });
+
+  it('should return true for Array', () => {
+    // Assemble
+    const expected = true;
+    const toTest = [];
+    // Act
+    const actual = isIterable(toTest);
+    // Assert
+    expect(actual).toBe(expected);
+  });
+
+  it('should return true for typed Arrays', () => {
+    // Assemble
+    const expected = true;
+    const toTest = new Int16Array();
+    // Act
+    const actual = isIterable(toTest);
+    // Assert
+    expect(actual).toBe(expected);
+  });
+
+  it('should return true for Maps', () => {
+    // Assemble
+    const expected = true;
+    const toTest = new Map();
+    // Act
+    const actual = isIterable(toTest);
+    // Assert
+    expect(actual).toBe(expected);
+  });
+
+  it('should return false for WeakMaps', () => {
+    // Assemble
+    const expected = false;
+    const toTest = new WeakMap();
+    // Act
+    const actual = isIterable(toTest);
+    // Assert
+    expect(actual).toBe(expected);
+  });
+
+  it('should return true for Sets', () => {
+    // Assemble
+    const expected = true;
+    const toTest = new Set();
+    // Act
+    const actual = isIterable(toTest);
+    // Assert
+    expect(actual).toBe(expected);
+  });
+
+  it('should return false for WeakSets', () => {
+    // Assemble
+    const expected = false;
+    const toTest = new WeakSet();
+    // Act
+    const actual = isIterable(toTest);
+    // Assert
+    expect(actual).toBe(expected);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('concatIterables returns an Iterable made of concatenating all iterables passed', () => {
+  it('should return empty iterable if passed nothing', () => {
+    expect(concatIterables()).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it('should concatenate several Arrays', () => {
+    // Assemble
+    const first = [1, 2];
+    const second = [3, 4, 5];
+    const third = [6, 7, 8];
+    const expected = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8];
+    // Act
+    const actual = concatIterables(first, second, third);
+    // Assert
+    // expect(actual.length).toBe(expected.length);
+    expect(actual).toEqual(expected);
+  });
+
+  it('should ignore empty collections', () => {
+    // Assemble
+    const first = [];
+    const second = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
+    const third = [];
+    const expected = second;
+    // Act
+    const actual = concatIterables(first, second, third);
+    // Assert
+    // expect(actual.length).toBe(expected.length);
+    expect(actual).toEqual(expected);
+  });
+
+  it('should concatenate different collection types', () => {
+    // Assemble
+    const first = [1, 2];
+    const second = new Set([3, 4, 5]);
+    const third = new Map();
+    third.set('six', 6);
+    third.set('seven', 7);
+    third.set('eight', 8);
+    const expected = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8];
+    // Act
+    const actual = concatIterables(first, second, third);
+    // Assert
+    // expect(actual.length).toBe(expected.length);
+    expect(actual).toEqual(expected);
+  });
+});