Stories about change and new beginnings kicked off the first Inquirer Read-Along session for the year. At Saturday’s session, actor and peace ambassador Mikael Daez, returning storyteller Dyali Justo, and child winners of the recently concluded 2nd Inquirer Read-Along Festival Storytelling Competition, Mark Nowel Eleuterio and Laila Rontos, regaled over 60 children with stories about a town that rediscovered laughter, a dragon who learned to accept his different nature, and a grasshopper who changed his naughty ways, among others.