His work includes novels, picture books, plays, poetry anthologies, television series and many adaptations for BBC Radio.
[2] One of the main characters in the series was Mrs Croker, played by Jean Marsh (who also acted in Upstairs Downstairs).
The first title, Adventures of Zot the Dog, was first noticed by Elizabeth Attenborough when the manuscript arrived at Penguin Books.
[4] The books were dramatised for Cannon Hill Puppet Theatre and the production ran for 88 performances in Birmingham, as well as touring schools nationally.
Jones has published other books, notably The Battle for Muck Farm, (Hodder and Stoughton, illustrated by Georgie Birkett,) which is a magical fantasy about a girl called Kitty and her strange and mysterious horse friend, Humpy Lumpy.
Early in his career, Jones wrote a weekly comedy for BBC Radio called Lost Hollow.
Ivan Jones' play Shelter was one of the winning entries for the Midlands New Writers Festival.
One of Jones's controversial poems, "Ironbridge" is featured in several collections including "Between the Severn and the Wye" edited by Johnny Coppin.
His eldest daughter was Lara Jones, the illustrator and writer of the multimillion selling Poppy Cat books.