diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1d0a84a43..365b89d5c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
 *$py.class
 
+# Python dist ignore
+dist
+
 # C extensions
 *.so
 
@@ -24,4 +27,4 @@ apache-rat-*.jar
 .env
 CHANGELOG.md.bak
 
-docs/mdbook/book
\ No newline at end of file
+docs/mdbook/book
diff --git a/datafusion/context.py b/datafusion/context.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aa9c9a8af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/datafusion/context.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+
+
+class BaseSessionContext(ABC):
+    """
+    Abstraction defining all methods, properties, and common functionality
+    shared amongst implementations using DataFusion as their SQL Parser/Engine
+    """
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def register_table(
+        self,
+        table_name: str,
+        path: str,
+        **kwargs,
+    ):
+        pass
+
+    # TODO: Remove abstraction, this functionality can be shared
+    # between all implementing classes since it just prints the
+    # logical plan from DataFusion
+    @abstractmethod
+    def explain(self, sql):
+        pass
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def sql(self, sql):
+        pass
diff --git a/datafusion/cudf.py b/datafusion/cudf.py
index d5f02156f..594e5efea 100644
--- a/datafusion/cudf.py
+++ b/datafusion/cudf.py
@@ -17,18 +17,15 @@
 
 import cudf
 import datafusion
+from datafusion.context import BaseSessionContext
 from datafusion.expr import Projection, TableScan, Column
 
 
-class SessionContext:
+class SessionContext(BaseSessionContext):
     def __init__(self):
         self.datafusion_ctx = datafusion.SessionContext()
         self.parquet_tables = {}
 
-    def register_parquet(self, name, path):
-        self.parquet_tables[name] = path
-        self.datafusion_ctx.register_parquet(name, path)
-
     def to_cudf_expr(self, expr):
         # get Python wrapper for logical expression
         expr = expr.to_variant()
@@ -55,6 +52,13 @@ def to_cudf_df(self, plan):
                 "unsupported logical operator: {}".format(type(node))
             )
 
+    def register_table(self, name, path, **kwargs):
+        self.parquet_tables[name] = path
+        self.datafusion_ctx.register_parquet(name, path)
+
+    def explain(self, sql):
+        super.explain()
+
     def sql(self, sql):
         datafusion_df = self.datafusion_ctx.sql(sql)
         plan = datafusion_df.logical_plan()
diff --git a/datafusion/pandas.py b/datafusion/pandas.py
index f8e56512b..935d9619b 100644
--- a/datafusion/pandas.py
+++ b/datafusion/pandas.py
@@ -17,18 +17,15 @@
 
 import pandas as pd
 import datafusion
+from datafusion.context import BaseSessionContext
 from datafusion.expr import Projection, TableScan, Column
 
 
-class SessionContext:
+class SessionContext(BaseSessionContext):
     def __init__(self):
         self.datafusion_ctx = datafusion.SessionContext()
         self.parquet_tables = {}
 
-    def register_parquet(self, name, path):
-        self.parquet_tables[name] = path
-        self.datafusion_ctx.register_parquet(name, path)
-
     def to_pandas_expr(self, expr):
         # get Python wrapper for logical expression
         expr = expr.to_variant()
@@ -55,6 +52,13 @@ def to_pandas_df(self, plan):
                 "unsupported logical operator: {}".format(type(node))
             )
 
+    def register_table(self, name, path, **kwargs):
+        self.parquet_tables[name] = path
+        self.datafusion_ctx.register_parquet(name, path)
+
+    def explain(self, sql):
+        super.explain()
+
     def sql(self, sql):
         datafusion_df = self.datafusion_ctx.sql(sql)
         plan = datafusion_df.logical_plan()
diff --git a/datafusion/polars.py b/datafusion/polars.py
index a1bafbef8..bbc1fd7c2 100644
--- a/datafusion/polars.py
+++ b/datafusion/polars.py
@@ -17,19 +17,16 @@
 
 import polars
 import datafusion
+from datafusion.context import BaseSessionContext
 from datafusion.expr import Projection, TableScan, Aggregate
 from datafusion.expr import Column, AggregateFunction
 
 
-class SessionContext:
+class SessionContext(BaseSessionContext):
     def __init__(self):
         self.datafusion_ctx = datafusion.SessionContext()
         self.parquet_tables = {}
 
-    def register_parquet(self, name, path):
-        self.parquet_tables[name] = path
-        self.datafusion_ctx.register_parquet(name, path)
-
     def to_polars_expr(self, expr):
         # get Python wrapper for logical expression
         expr = expr.to_variant()
@@ -78,6 +75,13 @@ def to_polars_df(self, plan):
                 "unsupported logical operator: {}".format(type(node))
             )
 
+    def register_table(self, name, path, **kwargs):
+        self.parquet_tables[name] = path
+        self.datafusion_ctx.register_parquet(name, path)
+
+    def explain(self, sql):
+        super.explain()
+
     def sql(self, sql):
         datafusion_df = self.datafusion_ctx.sql(sql)
         plan = datafusion_df.logical_plan()
diff --git a/docs/mdbook/src/usage/create-table.md b/docs/mdbook/src/usage/create-table.md
index 332863a16..98870fac0 100644
--- a/docs/mdbook/src/usage/create-table.md
+++ b/docs/mdbook/src/usage/create-table.md
@@ -55,5 +55,5 @@ ctx.register_csv("csv_1e8", "G1_1e8_1e2_0_0.csv")
 You can read a Parquet file into a DataFusion DataFrame.  Here's how to read the `yellow_tripdata_2021-01.parquet` file into a table named `taxi`.
 
 ```python
-ctx.register_parquet("taxi", "yellow_tripdata_2021-01.parquet")
+ctx.register_table("taxi", "yellow_tripdata_2021-01.parquet")
 ```
diff --git a/examples/sql-on-cudf.py b/examples/sql-on-cudf.py
index 999756fc8..b64d8f046 100644
--- a/examples/sql-on-cudf.py
+++ b/examples/sql-on-cudf.py
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@
 
 
 ctx = SessionContext()
-ctx.register_parquet("taxi", "yellow_tripdata_2021-01.parquet")
+ctx.register_table("taxi", "yellow_tripdata_2021-01.parquet")
 df = ctx.sql("select passenger_count from taxi")
 print(df)
diff --git a/examples/sql-on-pandas.py b/examples/sql-on-pandas.py
index 0efd77631..e3312a201 100644
--- a/examples/sql-on-pandas.py
+++ b/examples/sql-on-pandas.py
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@
 
 
 ctx = SessionContext()
-ctx.register_parquet("taxi", "yellow_tripdata_2021-01.parquet")
+ctx.register_table("taxi", "yellow_tripdata_2021-01.parquet")
 df = ctx.sql("select passenger_count from taxi")
 print(df)
diff --git a/examples/sql-on-polars.py b/examples/sql-on-polars.py
index c208114c1..dd7a9e021 100644
--- a/examples/sql-on-polars.py
+++ b/examples/sql-on-polars.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 
 ctx = SessionContext()
-ctx.register_parquet("taxi", "yellow_tripdata_2021-01.parquet")
+ctx.register_table("taxi", "yellow_tripdata_2021-01.parquet")
 df = ctx.sql(
     "select passenger_count, count(*) from taxi group by passenger_count"
 )