I have a little Olympus, and I love it - but most any digital camera in the low to mid price range will do what you want to do, and then some. As far as a "zoom" goes, the optical zoom # is more important than the digital zoom #. Megapixels = clarity, so the more megapixels a camera has, the larger you can make a print if that is something that is important to you.
Hope this was helpful, and best of luck with your camera search!