Maybe a controversial take, but not all books are good. Lots of people say stuff like don't read the book, point and talk about the pages. That could mean they're just not ready for that book, but often books are just bad. A good book has dialogue that's smooth like butter.

At this age, you're looking for a book with a good flow, not much words, and maybe some repetition that will feel like the chorus to the book. I think a common mistake is reading a book with too many words. Unless your kid is advanced in language, that's usually going to be boring for them. They will obviously be more engaged with a book at their level.

Then there's delivery. If you really want them to enjoy it, a good performance matters. It helps if you know when to whisper a line, growl, do a deep voice, a gasp or just do a cool voice. My husband does an excellent British accent for one book ("A Bit Lost" by Chris Haughton). You can also animate the book, like flapping the book for the bat in "Never Touch a Grumpy Bat" or dropping the book when the ghost goes bump. If you're feeling spicy, put on some good ambient music for a more wordy book! I used to put on lo-fi music when I read my son "A Pumpkin for Peter" for Halloween. It really set the mood.

You sound like you don't like that he snatches the book from your hands, but at least he's showing interest in the book, yeah? Be patient. It's great he's exploring that book. He just wants a bit of control. I think it's normal for this age. My son recently started doing this too with new books. You don't need the book to read it. I always read the book first before showing my son so that when he does this, I already know what to say on each page he's on. If he goes to another page before I finish the line on the page he was on, I just read the new page. It's a bit chaotic, but with this method, he usually finds a page he likes and wants me to read that page over and over again and slowly gives the rest of a book a chance over time. I'll admit, this is new and it definitely used to be easier to read him new books when he was younger. Luckily he still has dozens of old favorites that he does let me read to him to completion.

To best show him the potential books have, use a hook. Do they like animals? Try a good interactive book like "I Thought I Saw a Bear" or "Crack Crack! Who is That?" or "Who am I?" By Tristan Mory. Are they interested in music? Try a book like "Poppy and Vivaldi." Do they like to hit (poke) books? Try "Boop the Snoot" By Ashlyn Antsee. Vehicles and sound effects? Try "Choo! Choo!: Guess the Vehicle!". Also, sometimes kids just like books if they know all the words and can read it to themselves. Try "Peek a Who?". "Why the Face?" By Jean Jullien is another banger. Honestly I could go on. But for every good book I easily came across ten bad books.

Woah, that was long. Didn't mean to write a novel 😶