mˈɛni jˈɪɹz lˈeɪɾɚ, wˌɛn ðɛɹ dˈɔːɾɚz wɜːɹ ˈɔːlmoʊst ɹˈɛdi fɔːɹ kˈɑːlɪdʒ, dʒˈoʊnəz ɹˈoʊt ænd ˈɪləstɹˌeɪɾᵻd hɜː fˈɜːst tʃˈɪldɹənz bˈʊk wɛn juː wɜːɹ ɐ bˈeɪbi, ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi tˈuː, ɔːlðˈoʊ ɪt wˈʊdənt biː pˈʌblɪʃt fɔːɹ ɐnˈʌðɚ nˈaɪn jˈɪɹz.
Many years later, when their daughters were almost ready for college, Jonas wrote and illustrated her first children's book When You Were a Baby, in 1982, although it wouldn't be published for another nine years.