Children weren’t the only ones who participated in story time at Evanston Public Library on Feb. 4. Cassidy, an 11-year-old German Shepard, and Zoe, a 12-year-old Cocker Spaniel, were also in attendance....

For some, picture books may be a tenant only of early childhood, but for Evanston librarian Brian Wilson, the illustrations and prose of books like “Kitten’s First Full Moon” and “Where the Wild...