She is best remembered for her Poppy Cat series of children's books, which have been published in 20 languages and sold more than two and a half million copies.
Lara was the first born of their three children, her siblings being Levin, a professional violinist, and Jessica, an artist, poet and singer songwriter.
They are published in Brazil, Spain, France, Italy, Mexico, Finland, Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands and Japan, as well as other countries.
To date, there have been two major television animated series of 52 episodes each and were produced by Nick Jr. and BAFTA award-winning King Rollo Films.
Other books illustrated by Jones include Mermaid Poems (Clare Bevan), Mermaid Stories, Fairy Poems and Fairy Stories (all published by MacMillan), as well as Babies Can by Ian Whybrow and Pip and the Edge of Heaven by Elizabeth Liddle (Lion, 2002).