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{{infobox book
| name = Danger at the Zoo
| image = KitDangerZoo.jpg
| imagewidth = 300px
| caption = The cover of Danger at the Zoo.
| published = 2005
| author = [[Kathleen Ernst]]
| illustrator = [[Jean-Paul Tibbles]]
| isbn = 158485989X
| setting = June 20th<ref>Pg. 4-5: ''"Today is Thursday, June twentieth..." [Mr. Gibson] squinted at a calendar.''</ref> - July 9th<ref>The story ends five days after the Fourth of July.</ref>, 1935
| related = [[List of Kit's Books|Kit's Series]]
| related2 = After the events of ''[[Changes for Kit]]''<ref>Pg. 8: ''Kit and her family had met Will two years earlier, in the summer of 1933, when he'd passed through Cincinnati looking for work.''</ref>
}}

'''Danger at the Zoo''' is a [[Historical Character Mysteries|Historical Character Mystery]] that is part of [[List of Kit's Books|Kit's books.]]

==Characters==

===From the [[Central Series]]===

* [[Kit Kittredge]]
* [[Stirling Howard]]
* [[Margaret Kittredge]]
* [[Jack Kittredge]]
* [[Will Shepherd]]
* [[Minor Characters in Kit's Series (A-G)#Mr. Gibson|Mr. Gibson]]
* [[Minor Characters in Kit's Series (H-R)#Mr. Peck|Mr. Peck]]

===Introduced===
* [[Minor Characters in Kit's Series (A-G)#Angela Bravetti|Angela Bravetti]]
* [[Minor Characters in Kit's Series (A-G)#Mrs. Dalrymple|Mrs. Dalrymple]]
* [[Minor Characters in Kit's Series (A-G)#Officer Culpepper|Officer Culpepper]]
* [[Minor Characters in Kit's Series (H-R)#Frank Richards|Frank Richards]]
* [[Minor Characters in Kit's Series (H-R)#Rudy|Rudy]]
* [[Minor Characters in Kit's Series (H-R)#Otis|Otis]]
* [[Minor Characters in Kit's Series (S-Z)#Sol Stephen|Sol Stephen]]
* [[Minor Characters in Kit's Series (A-G)#Mr. Barta|Mr. Barta]]

==Chapter By Chapter Summary==

===Chapter One: A Dream Come True===

===Chapter Two: Trouble at the Zoo===

===Chapter Three: Instincts===

===Chapter Four: Trouble at Home===

===Chapter Five: Detective Work===

===Chapter Six: The Black Market===

===Chapter Seven: A Stranger in the Shadows===

===Chapter Eight: Secrets===

===Chapter Nine: Planning a Stakeout===

===Chapter Ten: Danger at the Monkey House===

===Chapter Eleven: A Reunion===

===Chapter Twelve: The Whole Story===

===[[Looking Back]]===

Discusses the [http://www.cincinnatizoo.org/ Cincinnati Zoo] during the Great Depression. Topics covered:

* How people looked forward to reading articles about the Zoo, rather than reading about the Depression and workers that would lose their jobs.
* Events people might have experienced at the Zoo, such as the animal exhibits, plays, and operas, or entertainment such as concerts and picnics.
* The zoo's monkey house, which had been the home of Susie, a wild-born gorilla that was captured in Africa as a baby, displayed in Europe, and then flown over to America.
* [http://www.daytonhistorybooks.com/zoo.html Sol Stephan], who was not only dedicated to the Cincinnati Zoo, but had also believed that animals should be trained with established trust rather than with whips and fear.
* Sol Stephan's contributions to the Zoo, such as inviting schoolchildren from public schools to study animals and establishment of the Zoo Guides program for the Boy Scouts
* The prediction Sol Stephan had about cageless exhibits being the norm for zoos in the future, stating these exhibits were both visually attractive and good for the animals.

==References==

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[[Category:Kit Kittredge]]
[[Category:Kit's Collection]]
[[Category:Books]]
[[Category:Mysteries]]
[[Category:Historical Character Mysteries]]
[[Category:Items Released in 2005]]
[[Category:Historical Books]]

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