Reading - Noah Barleywater runs away

Last week we started reading Noah Barleywater runs away for our reading groups. It's about a boy who runs away. He gets hungry on the way. He grabs an apple off the tree and it starts grunting. He meets a talking dog and donkey.  Noah also goes into a toy store and meets an old man. Some things about the old man is, he was born without a mother and he can run half a mile in under 5 seconds.