David The Dreidel
Celebrating Chanukah in a Whole New Way
David the Dreidel is a children's Chanukah book - a whimsical tale of a dreidel that comes to life to spread the light and joy of Chanukah. After a successful crowdfunding campaign, David The Dreidel is here and ready for your family to enjoy! Get your copy of this sing-along Chanukah book in time to share for the Festival of Lights. This book was written by Michael Rosenzweig and is set to the tune of Frosty the Snowman.Want a quick preview of what David The Dreidel is all about? Listen to the song!
Warning: This song contains heartfelt lyrics and questionable vocals. Hiring Ariana Grande wasn't in the budget!
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Get a copy of David The Dreidel and some of our Chanukah gifts - funny greeting cards, cute stickers, or a song sheet for the budding artist!
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Currently we only ship to the U.S. & Canada, but if you are interested in getting bringing David The Dreidel overseas, contact us and we'll figure it out!
The Book
Greeting Cards
Stickers
Chord & Lyrics
The Whole Lot-ke
The David The Dreidel Journey
How did David The Dreidel come to life?
The first few stanzas of David the Dreidel were written years ago, during my time as “Head of the Fun-raising Committee” and Marketing Coordinator at the Boulder JCC. I had a knack for creating parody songs like “Just Donate” and “Welcome to Purim”.
The idea behind David the Dreidel actually started as a joke. While planning our young professional Chanukah party, my committee convinced me to lead the opening ceremony dressed in an adult dreidel costume. Then, on the day before the first night of Chanukah, I wore the costume to the preschool and the kids lit up with excitement when they saw an adult-sized dreidel. The costume quickly took a life of its own, showing up at Chanukah concerts and community events, all the while making children laugh and smile!I went home buzzing with the joy of the holiday after one of these events and the song idea hit me in the middle of the night. For years it never went beyond my notebook or a few stray bars hummed with friends.
The Team Who Created David
Then, 2 years ago, my daughter was born and she instantly had a deep love for books. After celebrating Chanukah with her and seeing her joy when I sang the David the Dreidel song, I was inspired to turn the song into a full-length children’s book to share with my daughter and kiddos across the world! I reached out to one of my closest friends and incredibly talented graphic designer, Melissa, and we started creating the character of David the Dreidel!In the fall of 2021, I launched an Indiegogo campaign to fund the first run of books and gain support for this project. After surpassing our goal, I’m so excited to share David The Dreidel!
Nowadays, you can see David at local Chanukah concerts in the Boulder & Denver areas! Catch a glimpse of David in action below.
Tikkun Olam
Repairing the Earth is of the utmost importance as we deal with climate change and issues of social justice with more and more regularity. While our main focus is sharing fun, children’s stories that bring joy and laughter, we still want to leave our physical world better than we found it.
We’ve partnered with EcoEnclose, a local shipping supplies company that “believes that leading e-commerce brands can and will become a sustainable and regenerative force for the environment.”
With their support, we’ve been able to:
- send our products using re-usable AND recyclable materials (yes, please re-send the packaging your book arrives in)
- print our labels using a thermal printer, hence not adding any ink cartridges to landfills
- print our greeting cards on recycled paper
Contact David
If you're interested in selling David The Dreidel books wholesale, want to see if David can make an appearance at your Chanukah event, or if you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out to us. We'd love to connect with entire of David The Dreidel community. Email us at davidthedreidel.com or connect with us on social media.