Songju's Blog

Songju Ma Daemicke is a children's book author. Her first book "A Case of Sense" was released on August 30th, 2016 by Arbordale Publishing. Her second book "Cao Chong Weighs an Elephant" will be released in Fall 2017.

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Sep

I was featured in the Glenview Lantern

Glenview’s Daemicke writes children’s book Glenview resident Songju Daemicke’s new children’s book, “A Case of Sense,” was published by Arbordale Publishing as part of their “For Creative Minds” series. When Glenview resident Songju Daemicke passed a Jimmy Johns “free smells” sign she remembered a story her grandfather told her when she was a little girl about a judge who used the sound of rattling coins to pay for the smell of food. Years later, she can’t remember
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Aug

I was featured in the China Daily

Chinese legend and lore mix with science for young minds By Chris Davis (China Daily USA) Updated: 2016-08-24 10:48 Songju Ma Daemicke was born in Jilin, one of China's northeastern provinces, and came to the United States in 1996 to advance her education, eventually earning a master's in computer science. She married and moved to the northern Chicago suburb of Glenview, working as a
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Jul

The Early Bird Gets the Worm

My family and I just got back home from a wonderful 18 day car trip to several incredible national parks, including The Badlands, Yellowstone, The Grand Tetons and the Rocky Mountains.The weather was great and the scenery beyond spectacular. Driving through The Badlands was like visiting the planet Mars. The most important thing we learned during this trip was that in order to have the best chance to see wild animals in their natural habitat is to get up very, very early, before the sun is up.

Trained as an engineer and with a strong science background, her books shares both science and logic concepts with young children.

Songju's Blog

I was featured in the Glenview Lantern

I was featured in the China Daily

The Early Bird Gets the Worm

I was featured in the China Daily

Met R. L. Stine and Ethan Hawke at Printer's Row Litfest in Chicago