Noah Barleywater runs away...

This is the book that my group is reading at the moment for literacy. It is a fiction book. The main character is Noah Barleywater. He has no mum anymore and runs away from his home because he thinks he hasn't had enough achievements. He meets a talking dog and a talking donkey. He also meets a lot of angry puppets. He stays with an old man that sculpts wood and listens to a story that he tells. In the end, he does go home.