My daughter had a Canon. The door to the battery compartment kept breaking. She loved the camera except that little problem. It was difficult to have fixed and broke within days of finally getting it back from repair.
I bought her a new camera for her at Christmas last year, a Kodak something or other with a 10x zoom. She really likes it, and it takes great picutres. She has taken 9000 of them since Christmas.
It looks like this one, althought I am not sure her exact model #. I will ask her tonight if you are interested in it more.
Kodak Camera
I have a Kodak too, a 6340. I like it, but it doesn't have the zoom hers does., And mine is older and larger in size.
Enough rambling B)