Children's Fiction. Folkore. Latino/a Studies. THE STORY OF COLORS has been an issue of controversy since it came out earlier this year. Richly illustrated, this delightful myth about how the gods created color might have quietly entered the canon of children's literature had it not been written by Subcomandante Marcos, leader of the insurgent rebels in Chiapas, Mexico. Instead, both children and adults are now reading a tale that reminds us that the Zapatista movement is one of dignity that emanates from the grassroots of the indigenous people of Mexico. It is a lesson for all of us in the human spirit. --Amy Ray of Indigo Girls. A Bilingual edition, translated from the Spanish by Anne Bar Din.