The Portal in the Park is a children's book "The Portal In The Park", which comes with a bonus CD of Grand Master Melle Mel rapped narration. The audio book was written by M. Cricket (Maura) Cassey with him. The book has 11 chapters and 7 songs (Lady Gaga is featured on "World Family Tree" and "Fountain of Truth"). The entire book is read by Grandmaster Melle Mel. The book was released in 2010 with 'featuring Lady Gaga' in bold. The first version had only a small place with Lady Gaga credited.