Literature for Children and Youth as a Digital Text in the Modern Educational and Informational Environment

The article characterizes the Reading Development Strategy for the period up to 2032 «Reading as a Live Strategy», which has been approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, outlines its goals and objectives. Attention is paid to their solution in the context of digitalization of modern society. The need for readers (children and adults) to master digital technology skills has been actualized. The concept of digital text has been clarified. The potential of literature for children and youth as a digital text has been determined in the context of implementation of the reading development strategy, the possibilities of its use in modern educational and information environment have been revealed. The results of a sociological survey on the compliance of modern online content with the needs of secondary school students, their parents, and teachers have been described. The most popular digital resources in the educational environment, which present materials on literature for children and youth (books, information about writers, educational, methodological and scientific materials), have been characterized. The quality of the presented content has been determined. Mobile applications with Ukrainian and foreign artistic works in text and audio formats have been analysed. Perspective directions of work on promoting children’s reading and ensuring digital accessibility of Ukrainian fiction books have been identified.