Maine Calling

Listen to a rebroadcast of our earlier show on birding: Look, up in the sky, it’s a bird. But what kind of bird? And where are the best places to bird-watch? We’ll discuss the spring bird migration and also share tales of birding in Maine with highly esteemed birding experts. Guests: Peter Vickery, president of the Center for Ecological Research. He is on the graduate faculty at the University of Maine, Orono and the Department of Natural Resources Conservation at the University of Massachusetts

Tune in for a rebroadcast of our earlier show: Marketplace China correspondent Rob Schmitz discusses his new book “Street of Eternal Happiness: Big City Dreams Along a Shanghai Road.” Joining Rob will be Bowdoin College Assistant Professor Christopher Heurlin and Connie Zhu, a Chinese language teacher, translator and radio host who grew up in Shanghai. Guests: Rob Schmitz, author of "Street of Eternal Happiness." He's also China correspondent for MarketPlace; he will soon be the new Shanghai

Maine has long been fertile ground for children’s book authors – several nationally-recognized authors and illustrators live in Maine. We'll hear from them about what it's like to write for a younger audience and what it takes to craft a successful book for the younger set. Guests: Sharon Creech, American writer of children's novels. She was the first American winner of the Carnegie Medal for British children's books and the first person to win both the American Newbery Medal and the British