don't buy the cheap models at Wal-mart, you will never be satisfied.

 You might look at buying her a really good pair of binoculars, you can see a lot with them.

 Here is the scope I bought:

http://www.astronomics.com/main/product.asp/catalog_name/Astronomics/category_name/EQ08VWJH33J89JHFUR2LN7TW26/product_id/NX5SE

Meade also makes a similar and good product, the ETX series.  The computer controlled stuff is nice as long as you have time to set it up.  You don't really need it though to get started.