Real-life experiences inspire Valerie's book aimed at making hospital visits less scary for children

Nurse Anna is based on Valerie's own daughter who is a children's nurse who had Hodgkin's Lymphoma last year

Carmel Doyle, CEO Jack & Jill, and Valerie Judge author, and Ava Kenny read Gerry The Giraffe Goes To Hospital in The Gutter Bookshop, Dalkey County Dublin. Picture: Sara Hanley

Even non-painful medical procedures can be frightening for children — and when a little boy or girl is in pain as well then a visit to hospital can be particularly stressful. 

Mother of two, Valerie Judge, has written and illustrated a children's book aimed at making hospital less scary for child patients and their brothers and sisters.